Birds of Paradise
by CJ Wagstaff
You slip a clawed digit
through the net
of a dozen or so
pimpled clementines.
The pores weep
citrusy wax
in my palms.
You open beneath
the sun,
chlorophyll spilling.
CJ Wagstaff (he/him) is a, transgender, working class poet from Neath, South Wales. Find his tweets at @biggaypoems.