against the bladed shell,
work the knife well into the slot
(imagine a paint-scraper at a rusted rim)
and prise the lid off,
keeping the juices in.
Raise carefully to the chin
then bite the tongue out by the root;
suck it from its mouth of pearl
and chew, never swallow.
This is not sex, remember:
you are eating the sea.
Robin Robertson
"Oyster"
1997
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