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IN A CUBAN GARDEN by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: HIBISCUS FLOWERS ARE CUPS OF FIRE
Last Line: FROM THE GREAT BLACK VULTURE CIRCLING THE SKY.
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING;
Hibiscus flowers are cups of fire,
(Love me, my lover, life will not stay)
The bright poinsettia shakes in the wind,
A scarlet leaf is blowing away.

A lizard lifts his head and listens --
Kiss me before the noon goes by,
Here in the shade of the ceiba hide me
From the great black vulture circling the sky.



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