it is not an alphonso mango
bursting like sunjoy
from trees in his neighbor’s yard
in India
my georgia peaches & your konkan mangoes
translated, memory language
of late spring laden
ripe fruit
of juice tracing forearms in streams y
ou painted kitchen portraits
of white pits in
tiny hands
now i kiss mango juice
tasting of memory-making
from your smile
like sunjoy











