Owl Poetry & Prose
A Jagged Coconut
May 25, 2022
‘Thwack!’
The manna came down hard on the bare coconut
Splitting it along a jagged line in the centre
It’s supposed to be straight
The water dripped through the clinging fibres onto the ground
The water is usually drunk or used to cook
Today it was being soaked by the parched soil
I put the blade of the manna in between the two halves
And pried them open
White inside
Luscious
The edges were still sharp though – split and broken – hard to hold
I was getting it ready for the scraper
Scrape to make pol sambol with?
Onions, chillies, lime, maldive fish, garlic, pepper, salt, chilli powder
A mix of many things and a beautiful result
A jagged coconut can still bring forth
A thing of beauty
Once the pain of its jaggedness is past
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