fruits
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Scar tissue splits when you have scurvy.
Such specific malnutrition.
To be without citrus,
The brightest of the fruits,
See lips and tongues walk
in voice steps of their words
They perform what legs and feet
couldn’t do now
The sweet scent of mangoes, yellow andgreenJuicy sugarcanes and crisp pawpaw’s,coated with pleasurable sheenEach dotted with drops of water from themorning rain