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5 Mangos We did not have mango trees back home on the prairies. The climate and soil conditions were not conducive to that kind of crop. I try to imagine my adolescence filled with such a fruit and all it might imply. People with mango trees in their backyards seem to lead more tranquil lives and don’t curse as much as those of us beset with blizzards. I suspect they are even privy to secrets of the universe yet to be revealed to me. They say there are dozens of ways a mango can be squeezed or boiled or distilled to drink or rub over your skin and heal you from all kinds of plagues. Though I still find it indiscreet the way people in the tropics go on and on about the erotic effects of this oblong fruit. And how when you grow up under the shade of a mango tree, you get three virginities to lose instead of just the one. ...

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