Return Poem by Douglas Scotney
Return
After Esternome's shock
amongst the remains of the 30,000
killed by the eruption on Martinique,
sugary,
sometimes nutty,
sometimes vari-flavored
given dairy-milk
of late December-early January -
even mint -
my shock
at the first taste
of the return to my favorite -
90 percent Lindt.
Friday, January 18, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: chocolate,disaster,taste
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Esternome is a character in Patrick Chamoiseau's 1992 novel 'Texaco'. He is the first on the scene after the volcano's eruption in 1902. I was reading the section describing the state of the bodies when I thought of the return to 90% Lindt after the gift chocolates from Xmas.
Picture: St Pierre, Martinique before and after eruption.
Picture: St Pierre, Martinique before and after eruption.
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