Cashew #4

By M. NourbeSe Philip
Poetry · From the July/August 2004 magazine
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firm-fleshed

red pendulous breast

nipple

hardened into promise

in seed

curled green fetus

the cashew

hangs

longs for the sharp white teeth of girls

their tiny perfect tongues

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