Friday, December 4, 2009

Lemon Orchard


All afternoon, the scent of lemons,
as the sun crawls along their backs.
Why bother with mystery when this nostril-light
cracks the rind and routs from hideouts of sweetness
the ghost-scent?
I smashed a lemon,
and billions of distinct particles
left in a haughty squirt.

By Cork Kyle

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