i peeled a boat today -

thought it was papaya but the knife would not

slip as a prow through water flipped       i felt i was peeling

bubblegum instead already chewed       i was

confused the knife i used was so unfriendly

hot as steel       too hot for me and no rain on my

papaya       no rain at all       i removed a thousand little

eyes (scrape spoon scrape) softly softly       i missed

nor messed even one of those - that blind boat

like mild sweet fruit and then i hosed it icy cold

fingers sliding up and down but knife so fickle

my papaya boat it did so float along the moat

i could see noah was looking hard       i did not care

i would eat my boat i peeled today

and i would not share

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