Sunday 12 December 2010

(I have)

Look! It's Sunday, and for once I HAVEN'T written a depressing poem about feeling depressed on Sundays! Instead, here is one about fruit:

(I have)

Have you ever been
Seduced
By a nectarine? (I have)

A lusty, juice-bursting invitation to sin,
To sink
Your teeth in,

Pierce its delicate skin,
Send sweet streams
Oozing
Down your chin.

Best not to offer it to guests
Unless you've tamed it first,
Chopped into decent, mouth-sized chunks

Hide your sticky fingers
(When no one's watching
Lick them clean
One
By
One.)

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