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Mushrooms

Trays and trays upon a Tesco shelf

Identical in size and number

Perfect forms, perfect condition

And yet

The sell-by date tells us that in a while

Crisp bodies will turn soft

Oozing to repugnant sludge;

Wasted.

No resurrection here.

Brian Hick June 2015

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