so it rains in summer
so it stays grey      let it
desire
will still catch in me
the way appetite grows
in the distance between
the sign
on the side of the road that reads
MANGOES AHEAD
and the stall selling
mangoes
itself      not
long but long enough to
Want

4 / (cont’d)

This once, I don’t live in fear.
I see the sign.      I want.
And I act on it.