tempted to write ‘dork’ for the
crossword clue Stallone role
suggests I didn’t see much in Rambo
which is true but then I’d play
mutant Christmas Mango
if the price was right
so the first Kensington Pride*
consumed this year from my trees
attracted proper ceremony
twelve days to ripen seems
to fit this grand occasion
although ensorcelled in a bowl
and whichever way you view
that gustatory connection it’s
still lost on Johnny Rambo
© 30 December 2009, I. D. Carswell
* Mango
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I would like to translate this poem