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Apples

Everyday I see oranges on trees

Bright, juicy and

I think anxiously of the apple rotting slowly

On my kitchen counter

I'd rather eat it.

 

I think of peeling the banana

Riding in my car

And while it fills my stomach

And it could be called breakfast

I want my apple.

 

And the mango offered in a cafe

In the middle of the rainforest

On the side of a volcano tastes like heaven,

Grainy, juicy, ripe

And I think of my decaying apple.

 

My apple, my obsession

All I want now

Dangerous though it is

And I think of Eve and wonder

Does every woman have her apple?

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jill-harris
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Published
Jan 24, 2010
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