To Flaming June
(Based on the said painting by Lord Leighton)
Close the ardent crocus
Fast in her sleep.
A lunular petal lapped,
A polliniferous pleat.
Of saffron somnolence
Her suspiration, soundless,insteeped.
Reticence, on a rubious day-bed:
An apricock
Bleeds on her cheek.
Crowkeeper (Cornelius Scarecrow esquire)
