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Aubergine the internet tells me
means ‘fruit of the eggplant’
from the French
from the Catalan alberginera
from the Arabic al-badinjan
from the Persian badin-gan
from the Sanskrit vatigagama.
I think of this while three aubergines
cosy up to one another
in the metal basket I’m carrying
in a daze along the ‘World Foods’ aisle.
I think about this too while everyone
in the shop carries on as though
attempted lynchings of asylum-seekers
up the road didn’t actually happen.
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