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Strawberries & Bananas
by Sarah A. Peterson
(7/30/08)
1.
strawberries are tiny
cunts
furled up into themselves
beneath a sheaf
of leaves,
slumbering until ripe.
2.
bananas have a
phallic grace
sheathed in
a hard smooth skin
curve to the tip
and
s
q
u
e
e
z
e

Mouth
in your mouth
i heard the muffled roar
of ocean
as you curved
against me
purpled as fruitskin
about to burst.
©2008 by Sarah A. Peterson
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Sarah A. Peterson is a tattooed vegetarian and university graduate, hailing from the agricultural wasteland of Central California. She has a weakness for horror movies, comic books, vintage Halloween postcards, deviled eggs, and trashy romance novels.
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