Domestic and/or domesticated fruit.
Read Write Poem NaPoWriMo Prompt #8 - Unusual Love Connections
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SCURVY
Robust men wither and dry
decay in their own red skins
soft gums tender to the touch
hard teeth loose at the foot
dreams of tropical fruits
spiny urchins of the trees
breadfruit and coconut
Marquesan puero and kuuhaa
pepino and prickly pear
seaport markets of Ecuador
curves of sour flesh
rivaling the whores of Quito.
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The obsessive love is mine: for Melville and Moby-Dick and all things whaling. The unusual love is for fresh fruit. It isn't necessarily mine, but sometimes my own longing (for whatever) feels like a lack of that for which I pine.
I also tried to play with shorter image "bursts" à la yesterday's tanka prompt.
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