Lush

By K. Kwan

How the hour teases...

Ripe mangos on the counter spotted!

Green, full of potential 

Then ignored, they sunbathed until peppered with age

Intoxicating in maturity- all mellow sweetness jolts 

The vanilla-colored room to tropic orchards

Precise surgical blade peels away the spotted skin

Unveiling moist, plump validation

Yet company would be sweeter...

Frozen strawberries lounge in my palm

Undressing their crystals 

Plucked in their prime, the best of youth captured in those fleeting 

Moments. Quickly overtaken by utility, festivity - beauty, in a blink - 

Crimson flesh gives way to crimson flood 

Into the pitcher to join a drunken citrus luau out

Sweet sass, bright laughter, busy nonsense

Such is the happy hour beat

The carefree, the Lush 

Keeps good company

Image credit: Olive Garden

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