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Peaches
by Leo Durrant → (All Poetry by Leo Durrant)
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Mommy made them for me.
Golden fruit suspended in sticky syrup,
all within the gossamer glass. 
So tasty, I had to share.
I tried to share. 
  I told you to be careful! 
  I told you it was fragile!
But now the sharp stones bite
bitterly at my knees and the sickly sweet
syrup bubbles out between my
clenched fingers. 
The tears geyser out in a hot salty mess,
and I gather needles of glass
from the puddle of pain.
  I told you to be
     careful.
  I told you it was
     fragile.
but I can’t blame you.
     I dropped it.


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 Reviews of "Peaches"
Reviewed by Cryssa C
Reviewed on March 5, 2008
Nothing quite compares with home-canned peaches in that lovely sticky syrup in those gossamer jars. Take me home to mama's kitchen for a healthy helping from those jars... I will share it with you, if you promise not to drop it... but even if you do... I can help you clean up the fragile glass of memories that spill...

Crys

Reviewed by Charlie
Reviewed on September 6, 2007
i think i read this piece in an anthology once--?

Ciao

Reviewed by William Cryer (Reader)
Reviewed on July 19, 2007
I can't figure out if this is some clever, multi-layered, Dickinson-esque analogy unfolding, or if it's simply a poem of peaches. Knowing what I've seen of your stuff so far, it's never simple. So I'll embarrass myself and say I don't comprehend the narrative. But the structure is unique, and the images are great!


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