By Hajir Butt

They peel oranges 
Tear sweet flesh with care 
Their hands will smell like garden and citrus
The juice joyful and childish 
Kind to the palette 
Sun in from the windows 
Orange peels on the counter 

But for you my dear,
I would peel pomegranates for you 
Break hard shells with messy truths 
Stain my fingertips and white shirt red 
Splatter counters and kitchen walls
Seeds in teeth like hidden gems 
Heartbeats dripping ruby all over the kitchen 
For you, I would

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