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Feast & Fast

The Art of Food in Europe, 1500 – 1800

Intimations (Nature Morte)

The knife’s gone
but the lemon’s
cut rind uncurling
whispers

he was here

soft skin
caught falling

sighing

he was here

and hanging
in the slowed-down air

his scent

his turpentine
his earthy

as fruit

flies in a bar of sun

and wherever

he’s gone

(up early)

his thumbnails cede
pomegranate

flesh of my flesh

Rebecca Watts

Intimations (Nature Morte)
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