Watermelon Effervescence

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~Smashed opened watermelons

green wax turns into venom

pickaxes to swollen sap~

~Feverish adolescence

no hunger for trespass

slow-baking effervescence~

~Lacquered pips in darkest ink

and a coral fleshy bloom

drumming into plumes of zinc~

~Flowers into reddish flesh

and a compass to nowhere;

as the earth oozes its rage~

~A thousand globes rolling

like fugitives sobbing

into the clay of Pompeii~

~Naked trees raking the skies

fishtailing the thirsty ground

once so green; yellow crumble~

~Yield a sword to lull all fear

cherish bruised watermelons

instead of cloying weapons~

Photo by BRUNO CERVERA on Unsplash