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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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if he or she isn't that already,
is that the cultivator of a papaya tree,
the leaf of which is a long-fingered hand on a mincy wrist,
should be called a papayatrist.

Douglas Scotney

Friday, January 28, 2022

Topic(s) of this poem: language,tree,metaphor,name

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Kim Barney 28 January 2022

I first tasted papaya in 1962 in Brazil. Thought those purple seeds looked tasty. They were not, but the orange flesh was.

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Douglas Scotney 29 January 2022

Thanks Kim. Your first experience turned you into a papayaphile.

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Kim Barney 28 January 2022

Very clever, Doug!

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