Tuesday 24 February 2009

A Tough Apple

Cabbage drinking a drop from
a careless knife, green and russet
red, burnished bulk and bruised
lip, popped pip, cushioned
in a shoot, stalked in the head,
too avocado leafy tough un-
ripe for jaw, tart and raw
and scrunched in the ass,
more wood than pulp than flesh,
too fresh, a brace for teeth
of skin, stalk, dew, and cotton
tongue, hung bough-wise and
dropped on molars wincing,
mouth rinsing, and juice
running down yellow chin.

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