Eating Oysters for the First Time at Greencastle
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Eating Oysters for the First Time at Greencastle
After Seamus Heaney
viciously shucked
with expert ease
the oyster reveals
plump plasma
a snottery act
slurped back
divulging pure verb
a salty privilege
front teeth scrape
lustrous enamel
shaving a pearly mantle
prehistoric protection
forced onto its back
smothered with exotic lemon
le petit batôn rouge
spice that stains the calcium coat
a battered grey
sea divot shell
exposed
on an icy bed