Peaches to Market
According to RocketNews24, peach producers in the PRC are struggling to make sales. A controversial marketing ploy prompted China-based poet Reid Mitchell to pen this paean to peaches.
PEACHES to MARKET
Chinese peaches clad in panties
snuggling in strawlined boxes
lift their buttocks, offering
firm but ripening flesh
to sharp incisors. Witness
the smirks on their pantied bottoms
as each is raised
to be eaten. Cruel lovers
crave fresh bruises. Mature
connoisseurs treasure most
the first faint scent of terroir.
White peaches of Wuxi
carried in hatboxes that bump
sharply against the knees
and thighs of girls who are taking
today's last train to Shanghai.
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