i peeled a boat today -
thought it was papaya but the knife would not
slip as a prow through water flipped, i felt i was peeling
bubblegum instead already chewed, i was
confused the knife i used was so unfriendly
hot as steel too hot for me and no rain on my
papaya no rain at all. so i removed a thousand little
eyes (scrape spoon scrape) softly softly i missed
nor messed even one of those - that blind boat
like mild sweet fruit and then i hosed it icy cold,
fingers sliding up and down but knife so fickle
my papaya boat it did so float along the moat
i could see noah was looking hard, i did not care
i would eat my boat i peeled today,
and i would not share.
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parallaxis
Poetryparallax /ˈpærəˌlæks/ noun 1. an apparent change in the position of an object resulting from a change in position of the observer 2. an appar...
