Do you remember <br /> Honey-melon moon <br /> Dripping thick sweet light <br /> Where Canal Street saunters off by herself among quiet trees? <br /> And the faint decayed patchouli— <br /> Fragrance of New Orleans <br /> Like a dead tube rose <br /> Upheld in the warm air… <br /> Miraculously whole.<br /><br />Lola Ridge<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/potpourri-3/
