Calling 5
Oh I know you wait for me in the palace But I am busy with the garden roses
Dazed fiery I take to their cool nectar pastures Forgetful of the closing skies
Mani Rao
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Oh I know you wait for me in the palace But I am busy with the garden roses
Dazed fiery I take to their cool nectar pastures Forgetful of the closing skies
A speaker tells someone waiting in a palace that she cannot come yet, because she is absorbed in the garden roses. The palace suggests grand, patient expectation—perhaps a lover, a god, or a duty—while the roses pull her toward immediate physical pleasure.
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