Disfruta by Michael Jones

"An indecent indehiscence" -- Stanley Yensser

No other ripeness, not even

a fig's, not even adolescence's

sexual crescendo, matches

the sap-blown pudding

of persimmon's deliquescence.

Teeth release what the rind barely holds,

which tells no lies and teaches no lessons.

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Michael Jones' poetry has appeared in journals such as Beloit Poetry Journal and Tar River Poetry; also in a chapbook, Moved (Kattywompus, 2016). He has taught in city schools since 1990.