Grapefruit [Nostalgia]

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By Mimia Okay

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Your soft crusted rind      

Hiding  

Your

F

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S

H.


Your smell is a brine  

So  

Very  

F  

R  

E  

S  

H.  


Your peel reveals the colourful  

Inside  

To  

M  

E,  


Your pulp bursts with  

Tension  

Encapsulating  

Y  

O  

U  


Your combination of flavours dance  

Within  

My  

M  

I  

N  

D  


Your sour sensations run along my  

Teeth  

And  

G  

R  

I  

N  

D  


Your juices trickle down my fingers  

And  

Then  

D  

R  

I  

P  

S.  


Your bittersweet aftertaste lingers  

On  

My  

L  

I  

P  

S.  

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