the act of being fruit

    by Katy Acheson

    the act of being fruit;

    a slight cherry condition
    looming over the mango prophecy

    the apple storm surging
    starving the grape wrath

    my cranberry vision
    interrupted by a peach

    the weather on this island
    insufferable fruit bearing trees

    never before a coconut
    nor a lemon had fallen

    now my pomegranate soaked lips
    search through the woods

    for the act of being a fruit
    has only temporary value.

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