Sharing the Last Mandarin(edit 2)

[Valerie Please]

I'm glad "citrus" got dumped because it was too expected: "scent becomes sweetness" is much better. I'm going to stand up for delicious. It's exactly what you say it is, playful and it carries the implication of sex that is set up by the rest of the poem. 

xo,
Val

The Mandarin

Squat and plump, inviting
skin orange so pliant,
so easily undressed-
tip of thumb working
the cleft of skin and flesh
where scent becomes sweetness
a wash across the tongue; coverings
left forgotten. How delicious it is
wanting another.
 

Squat and plump, inviting
in the bowl.
Orange skin, pliant;
so easily undressed-
tip of thumb working
the cleft
of skin and flesh, the scent
of citrus; a wash
of cool sweetness across
the tongue.
How delicious it is
to be perfectly made
for consumption.