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“Cover your eyes,” she said blindfolding me with her silk scarf, “it tastes sweeter that way.”
The honey-tongued stranger offered me her dragonfruit.
“They say once you try it…” her heartbeat quickened, “you’ll never go back.”
I was hooked from the first sip of its juice.
And never looked back.
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LB
Poet and short story writer from the UK, living in Napoli.
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