peach

to think that

i could be

first fruit in Eve's garden

amidst star-struck magnolias 

& green-eyed apples

i could be this-

seducing you with my

sun-yellow skin, my juicy velvet

nectar, my sticky cleft body

in your palm

i could make you

*hungry for the sun,*

make you forget

dark music, darker shadows,

the darkest night when the moon

is only a curved pin

but instead

i offer you a calm moment—

peeling back my skin

against your fingers,

dripping with sweat

i am cool hand,

settled wine glass, shaved ice,

slow slow dance

reminding you

beneath fuzz and dusty skin

is one hard stone pit

black earth

sand & silt 

growing sweetness

honeyed by bees

scarred by wasps

*From Peach by Dorianne Laux

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