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MARIGOLDS
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Do you like marigolds?
If you do
Then my garden is
Gay for you!
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I've been cutting their
Fragrant stalks
Where they lean on
The Garden walks.
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The head's too heavy for
The brittle stem,
A careless touch and
You've broken them.
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Each one shines like a
Separate star,
Set in some heaven where
Gardens are.
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My hands smell of the
Herb-like scent,
Telling what garden
Why I went.
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Pungent, vivid and
Strong, they stay
Long after Summer has
Gone away.
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Do you like marigolds?
Here's a pledge
To meet the frost with
A Golden edge--
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To go as far as
A weak thing may
Linking to-morrow with
Yesterday
Louise Driscoll
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