十种吃芒果的方法

Richard Currier

10 WAYS TO EAT A MANGO

by 作舟

1.

The skin of a mango

is the map of love

2.

Glossy with dream-flesh &

ocean salt, the mango

has a seductive scent &

proximity

3.

A gentle saxophone

fills the room--

The softening progression

of ripeness in the mango

4.

The hand of a man

that touches the mango

is a slow-moving, half-

sleepy, morning-shy

bride

5.

The mango

         is ripening

              like the hour

                           is ripening

Diane

6.

Under the silver-limbed

bougainvillea buds

he tastes in the mango

a perfect calibration

to the sun and seaward wind

7.

Where there is a mango

there is a space

filled with the shape

of peace

8.

Mango juice

drips on his fingers

and shaved chin

like a woman's

tears

9.

A man's life

depends on so many

elements hidden

in a mango

10.

The songs of a singing

forest untangle

the dreams

The man goes

                 searching

                    with the map

                                       of love