The hard, green ones
are clustered high
under fan fronds;
the fallen shells
lay in broad grass
bleached, lined,
emptied of milk,
smooth, light in the lap,
easy to cup in the hands
The hard, green ones
are clustered high
under fan fronds;
the fallen shells
lay in broad grass
bleached, lined,
emptied of milk,
smooth, light in the lap,
easy to cup in the hands