Linette Marie Allen

Love in the Time of Habanero

Love is angular atoms—
inked, rounded, the color of calx;

obscure bonnets,
pan-fired nitrogen;

red tops necking plumeria,
ammonia rays sperming dry towns;

the spooning annually
from Philly to Papua New Guinea;

polygons purpling cheeks:
split plum, split peach, cornbread, leeks.

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