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Peeled potato,
Backyard damp with rain.
Sliced fennel,
Concentric rings align
On the cutting board.
A wince of anise and the light
Of bitter lemon on the air.
Everything seems sharpened.
The weave and ochre weft
Underlies the Kilim.
A grid of linen blossom
Wallpaper, the graph of mauve
Kitchen tile, X.
Breathing this air
Brightens a net, Y.
Celery stalk strings
Curl beside the arc
Of an avocado pit
Toward my seamlessness, Z.
What pinch of garlic, bulb
Flattened under knife blade,
Lights sliced red bell
Pepper in a steel bowl?
Clockwork wheels of tomato
Seep a single seed
Aside crushed black pepper
Suspended in olive oil.
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