Too Sickly a Scent

‘In Petushki the jasmine never stops blooming and the birds always sing’

I worry you find jasmine too sickly a scent And the blossom a burden

Sweeping it every morning The birds were too loud And of course out of tune So you decided Petushki wasn’t for you

Jasmine Christi

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I worry you find too sickly a scent
And the a burden
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