Allamanda v2

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Allamanda


These flowers once were novel love,
were showers from a cloudless sky,
or else were passion workmanlike,
were shafts of early morning light,

but now their common names are apt:
but now they're simply tolling bells
or else they're trumpets longing for
the breath of angels.

These flowers once were like new love,
like showers from a cloudless sky,
or else like love well-tested, shafts
of early morning light,

but now their common name is apt:
but now they're simply tolling bells
or trumpets waiting for the breath
of angels.