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cardamom / Jackie Hahn
cardamom
Jackie Hahn
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You nip it at the bud to expose black seeds.
Eat the insides you say. I smell spice in the air.
I taste it in your breath. I like it.
Cardamom: third most expensive spice in the world.
Nothing beats the taste of you exploding in my mouth.
Our fingers and lips have been exposed to this type of
Careful pulling. Excavating. The type you wouldn’t get
Given you grew up here.
Green exposes black, aromatic seeds. Ease your tongue.
Your lips expose your teeth as you chew. White enamel
Which threatens to throw light. Soft crackle of the initial
Exposure. Breaking open all that you wish to consume.
A burst of flavor coats your tongue as you chew. I smell
It all over you.
Tastes like medicine, like healing over, like home remedy.
Tastes like long love, getting better, becoming stronger.
Tastes like home, tastes like get better soon, tastes like I love you.
I watch as a small pile of cardamom husks accumulate.
Small green husks make up a little mountain.
