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Ulul Albaab

Khalid Mukhtar · October 24, 2021 · 2 Comments

There’s a pumpkin seed here in my mouth
And it has been all over I tell you
To the west and the east and the south
But it can't 'scape the brace of its shell. You
Can unleash the precision of teeth
You can buffer the motions of tongue
You can coax it to submit beneath
All the pressure from traps that you’ve sprung
Till the hull comes apart at the seam
And the kernel slips out in the open
As unbroken and green as a dream
(If you like pumpkin seeds I am hopin’)
    Ask the folks of the kernel about
    Their reflections on getting it out

Poetry, Sonnet

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