The Jasmine

One can study long enough to breathe
in the nocturnal scent.
A latent flower of the night
time hides her sickly
branches, and pushes
strips of greasy hair in a lilac shall.

Living along a garden trellis,
she thrives best in steady sunlight;
Not in shady corners of the home.
From a fruitful diet of fizzy cokes
and pumpkin seeds,
the flower does most of her falling
in Autumn. When many of the common
Jasmine killers have gone.

One must remember to avoid pooling:
or over-watering this fragile plant
will cause root-rot—
when she can’t seem to focus her energies
on growth.

Cultivated solely for her fragrance,
one couldn’t possibly do without
this ambient and mystic plant. She hopes.