Romana Tarlamis              Sunrise             (Sally Naylor)
Pleased to Meet You

Hi, I am an egg-fruit, 
nature’s 
perfect sous-chef offering.

My skin, thin, my flesh, mellow: 
school-bus yellow.

As fingers dig in, the olfactory intrigues.
I may not seem charismatic, but wait-

I am baby-food calming belly-blues,
chestnut puréed noodles, pumpkin breads, 
toes-in-slippers, 
Christmas puddings and happy endings.
Masticate in silence, appreciate.
Cut me a poem, commemorate.

Originally published in a chapbook by Poetry Box ​