You get a faint aroma
Of nutmeg, as you open the fridge.
You take out a brown pudding
And take 3 scoops out. It is simply
Heaven on earth, as you let the tongue
Squeeze out every bit of taste
Out of a spoon serving. It is sheer mouthwatering.
Your sprinkler system inside the mouth
Is dripping now and you finish the first serving
And the conundrum begins – temptation
Calling for another scoop or two
And somehow you cannot seem to
Resist the fusion of juggery and nutmeg.
Your mind goes to and fro, in a little pickle.
Should I say a Malay pickle?
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Dr Dilantha Gunawardana graduated from the University of Melbourne, as a molecular biologist, and moonlights as a poet. He currently serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Botany, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Dilantha lives in a chimeric universe of science and poetry. Dilantha’s poems have been accepted for publication /published in HeartWood Literary Magazine, Canary Literary Magazine, Boston Accent, Forage, Kitaab, Eastlit, American Journal of Poetry, Zingara Poetry Review, The Wagon and Ravens Perch, among others. Dilantha too has two anthologies of poetry, 'Kite Dreams' (2016) and 'Driftwood' (2017), both brought to the readership by Sarasavi Publishers, and is working on his third poetry collection (The Many Constellations of Home). Dilantha’s pet areas of teaching and research, include, Nitrogen Fixation, RNA biology, Phytoremediation, Agricultural Biology, and Bioethics & Biosafety. Dilantha blogs at – https://meandererworld.wordpress.com/ -, where he has nearly 2000 poems.
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