Mango

[girlcrayon]

Juicy sweet goodness
Sticky
And fragrant
Over rice and condensed milk
Or pre-ripe, with salt and chili

Why

Why do you make my skin hurt
My jaw sore
My tongue puffy

Just a little
Dried
In stilton
Delicious

And five days later
My mouth still hurts

Comments

[innocentchild]

mango hurts your mouth?

[girlcrayon]

Apparently I am allergic to mango. Or sensitive to it. I guess it's not all that rare -- I think there's something in mango that is also in poison oak or poison ivy, or something like that. It made all the skin on the left side of my face and head sensitive for two days, and it made my jaw sore. The worst thing was the swollen tongue, though. Poor me... I love mango!

[innocentchild]

That's such a trip! Sucky, but woah. It's actually cold in SF right now. A dry cold. Weird. I'm all bundled up in my room.

[girlcrayon]

That's weird. Sounds like the Rocklin weather got to SF. It's frickin freezing here!