The Cinnamon Peeler
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Michael Ondaatje
The Cinnamon Peeler brings together poems written by Michael Ondaatje between 1963 and 1990. These poems bear witness to the extraordinary gifts that have won high praise for this truly original poet and novelist. (From McClelland & Stewart)
From the book
If I were a cinnamon peeler
I would ride your bed
and leave the yellow bark dust
on your pillow.
I would ride your bed
and leave the yellow bark dust
on your pillow.
Your breasts and shoulders would reek
you could never walk through markets
without the profession of my fingers
floating over you. The blind would
stumble certain of whom they approached
though you might bathe
under rain gutters, monsoon.
you could never walk through markets
without the profession of my fingers
floating over you. The blind would
stumble certain of whom they approached
though you might bathe
under rain gutters, monsoon.
From The Cinnamon Peeler by Michael Ondaatje ©1986. Published by Vintage Canada.