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mango porn

by Souchong 

Posted: 07 October 2004
Word Count: 138


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Mango Porn

I dream of smooth, green, lizard skin
Tinged with a ripening flush ...

At night I touch your firm golden flesh with wondering fingers,
breathe your seductive sweet scent
till I awake and am disappointed.

I catch myself watching for you as I pass places you might be
Supermarket, fruiterer, market stall

I walk past and back and back again
in an agony of anticipation, yearning.
I imagine calling in, casually, and asking for you

I have pictures culled from magazines
I paste them on my wall.
In the secrecy of my room I dwell on them

I browse for recipes, download them, store them
in a special folder, locked with a password known only to me
then read them over and over, re-creating in my head
murmuring my mango passion in
a sorbet of obsession.







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roovacrag at 21:20 on 07 October 2004  Report this post
Souch......... had to change glasses for this.
Yes l liked it,very well composed and thought out.
Each and every stanza was worth reading.

Well done
xx Alice

Chem at 21:28 on 07 October 2004  Report this post
Hi Souchong

Certainly a wild obsession but very well put across and an extremely fitting title too. It had a very contemporary, modern feel “download them” as well as being an island dream “smooth, green, lizard skin”
I felt the disappointment of the waking from dream, realisation.
An unusual poem. I liked it very much.

Em


joanie at 06:55 on 08 October 2004  Report this post
Souchong, I really like this. You have very cleverly woven two ideas - exactly as the title suggests. If there had been no mention of mango, we might have wondered why the flesh was 'smooth green lizard skin', but the poem would have stood as a passionate poem of frustrated love.

I enjoyed this and admire how you have done it.

I love the last line.

joanie



Souchong at 21:15 on 08 October 2004  Report this post
gee thanx guys. kind comments much appreciated

souchong

miffle at 10:57 on 10 October 2004  Report this post
Fun poem. Love the idea of being out looking for the mango in places where it might be :-) I too have food addictions and crushes... A wry poem. Write on, Miffle

NB 'eres sabroso como un mango' Mexican chat up line you might appreciate :-) (you are tastey like a mango!)

Souchong at 13:55 on 10 October 2004  Report this post
thanks miff, that's brill. i'll remember that one. in the mean time i am off to lidl's ... i hear their fruit is half-price at the mo lol
souchong

Don Gorgon at 17:43 on 10 October 2004  Report this post
As a firm believer in the maxim, "Don't knock it 'til you've tried it!", I'm all for it Souchong! Great piece of work, loved the closing lines!

Don

The Walrus at 17:57 on 10 October 2004  Report this post
Fabulous stuff! As has been said, a clever and well crafted weaving together of ideas that really works. I love the tone of secrecy... an illicit affair indeed.

The Walrus

Souchong at 13:42 on 13 October 2004  Report this post
thnks don & walrus. it is the kind of thing you'd want to keep quiet isn't it lol!
souchong


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