Wednesday, February 13, 2002

ode to two fruits

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ode to two fruits

a pair of pears you are,
a peerless pair
in peril of my appetite,
pared bare like pearly aphrodites
portrayed in platitudes impermanent,
you lie prepared for perfect ravishment;
persimmons plump and purple plums, despair!
without compare's the pale pearlescent pear.

Anna Brown
2002.02.14

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