As I peel the skin away from the fruit the scent rises and hits my nostrils. I inhale deeply taking in the clean fresh smell. I rub the peel on my skin wanting to hold the fragrance.
I break off a section of the fruit and raise it up to my mouth, feeling the firmness of the skin brush against my lips as I open my mouth to take a bite. I bite down, the flesh of the skin gives way, the sweetness bursts inside my mouth and the juice is released. I savor its goodness. I eat each segment savoring them. When I am done my lips are swollen and throbbing from the juice that laid its deposit. I lick my lips to ease the throbbing and taste the remnants that the fruit has left behind. This is eating a tangerine.
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