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Plump, round
But not quite ripe
I have my eye on you --
Checking
Watching
Waiting -- pretending not to look --
Guarding.

The time is right
I'm salivating
-- oh god -- gone!
Scoundrel with a stick
Sends me to the market
To pay
For my own mango.

Not Quite
2009