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The Lemons MAG

June 4, 2009
By Akila_M. GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
Akila_M. GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
19 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dancing is the soul having happy convulsions." - Akila


The lemons
are sour devils of fruit, they
tear my tongue apart, they are
yellow splotches of paint
against my ceiling and walls,
destructive, acidic tears
from the Sun
kicking my head onto a long road
with aching lemonade lanes.

The author's comments:
I ate a raw lemon and this is what I came up with.

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Akila_M. GOLD said...
on Jan. 6 2010 at 10:58 am
Akila_M. GOLD, Greensboro, North Carolina
19 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Dancing is the soul having happy convulsions." - Akila

Thank you! There is even a lot to say about ordinary things. :)

on Jan. 6 2010 at 9:19 am
CharmingChar PLATINUM, Bronxville, New York
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Favorite Quote:
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
Robert Frost

THis is cute, i love all the imagery you can put into something about a lemon