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# Pomegranate Martyrs
- URL: https://www.fsm.ink/pomegranate-martyrs/
- Published: 2024-06-10T01:15:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-03T18:10:58.000Z
- Author: Mikayla Henry
- Tags: Poetry, #Import 2026-08-03 09:59

*by Mikayla Henry*

My Mother never taught me the proper way

to peel pomegranates.  
Thanks to my Father, I only know to plunder;   
my fingers submerged in the flesh,

filling each crevice it has to   
surrender  
with the soured juices staining under

my nails to leave their own mark

on me.  
The shell left after

I’ve had my fill

can hardly be described as   
pomegranate.