Marjorie L. Manwaring
MUSSELS AND MANGOES
satisfying a hunger
is as simple as steamed mussels in a clay pot
steeped in hot broth
of cayenne, garlic, and wine
simple as
a sunned mango
splayed open
orange flesh soft to the fingertip
rose petals and honey dripping on the tongue
mussels
and mangoes
swelling with juices of oceans and island rains --
savor
taste of fruit and sea and spice
fusion of nectar, lip
tooth
brine
Copyright 2000, by Marjorie L. Manwaring
Marjorie L. Manwaring is a writer living in Seattle. She has studied
poetry through the University of Washington Extension. Her poetry has appeared
in a previous issue of Switched-on Gutenberg.
Switched-on Gutenberg/Vol. 4, No. 2
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