Deep from her blue apron pocket
she drew a ripe orange to slice
and squirt light
— your mouth was stained with sun.


The Pocket Mirror (1967)

Janet Frame Quotes

Deep from her blue apron pocket she drew a ripe orange to slice and squirt light — your mouth was stained with sun.

Deep from her blue apron pocket she drew a ripe orange to slice and squirt light — your mouth was stained with sun.

Deep from her blue apron pocket she drew a ripe orange to slice and squirt light — your mouth was stained with sun.

Deep from her blue apron pocket she drew a ripe orange to slice and squirt light — your mouth was stained with sun.