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STILL LIFE WITH TANGERINES
how carefully you peel the tangerine stripping filaments with finger and thumb placing neat spirals of skin to dry on the kitchen sill we use the dried peel to flavour tea or beef carbonade you say everything should have a second or third use nothing should end abruptly I roll orange fruit from a red net bag into the polished wooden bowl a perfect still life in the restless night between kisses we feed each other the plump segments sweetness bursting on our tongues ragged diamonds of bright peel scattered across the covers
ZOOGIRL

STILL LIFE WITH TANGERINES

how carefully
you peel the tangerine
stripping filaments with finger and thumb
placing neat spirals of skin
to dry on the kitchen sill

we use the dried peel to flavour tea
or beef carbonade
you say
everything should have a second or third use
nothing should end abruptly

I roll orange fruit from a red net bag
into the polished wooden bowl
a perfect still life

in the restless night
between kisses
we feed each other the plump segments
sweetness bursting on our tongues
ragged diamonds of bright peel
scattered
across the covers

ZOOGIRL

from
Aabye issue A

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