The Fruit Bowl
Liz Rosenberg
StrawberryThe freckle-faced one who smells like heaven Lemon
Bright as
the dawn,
but
the taste
– don’t me
ntion it
Banana
Crescent moon
zipped snug in i
ts skin
PearA fruit guitarwhose music is nectar
Pomegranate
A hive of ga
rnets
inside the r
ed lantern
Cherries
Life cou
ld do wo
rse
than to
be a bow
l of the
se
Grapes
Small ex
plosions
hung
from a t
wiggy sk
eleton
PeachThe soft skin fuzzy, thin;like the skin of old women
Blueberries
Blue as the dusk,
flavor of musk
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