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AFscotlit.bsky.socialOct 21, 2024 12:59pm

Tap me with your finger, rub me with your sleeve, hold me, sniff me, peel me curling round and round till I burst out white and cold from my tight red coat… —Edwin Morgan, “The Apple’s Song” a #poem #AppleDay @carcanet.bsky.social

The Apple’s Song
by Edwin Morgan

Tap me with your finger,
rub me with your sleeve,
hold me, sniff me, peel me
curling round and round
till I burst out white and cold
from my tight red coat
and tingle in your palm
as if I’d melt and breathe
a living pomander
waiting for the minute
of joy when you lift me
to your mouth and crush me
and in taste and fragrance
I race through your head
in my dizzy dissolve.

I sit in the bowl
in my cool corner
and watch you as you pass
smoothing your apron.
Are you thirsty yet?
My eyes are shining.

Association for Scottish Literature

@scotlit.bsky.social

Educational charity promoting the reading, writing, teaching & study of Scotland's literature & languages, past & present.

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