BURST!

Notes: Yuzu. Rhubarb. Apple Skin. White Chalk. Pencil Shavings. Musk

Characteristics: Sour-zesty, squinting into the sun, white linen shirt, stemware tipped inwards, afterglow, bright light symphony

in all grins, all flourishes of pastel yellow

fingertips yuzu-stained paper-thin

cheery citrus, their physical comedy

with the dumb joy of being fruit

in a drying shed with 1976 dial-tone air

fluorescents making even the lemon look holy

buzzing hues a sour commercial jingle

half-memorized, soft as chalk

on the orange wood listening

as the shapes symphonize back in prickly violins

lets all envy their ancient formulas

while the fruits rest under their own weight

of being wanted for the wrong reasons

which is the only way anything

is ever wanted at all.

[Launch year: 2021]