The sunlight-dappled, shiny red apples bobbed enticingly on the lush, emerald-green branches, not understanding
Instead of dust and smoke, we breathed in that singular tart, fleshy fragrance only apples can produce
The mid-September warm spell burned my shoulders and dried the tears that kept falling and falling, like the people who'd lept from towers
"Mo-om, why do we have to be here?" moaned my daughter, barely heard over the angry buzz of bees we had displaced with our presence
"Because in September we pick apples, no matter what," I announced, biting into the crisp, taut skin of a juicy, sticky sweet Cortland apple.
About the Creator
Tina D'Angelo
I am a 70-year-old grandmother, who began my writing career in 2022. Since then I have published 6 books, all available on Barnes and Noble or Amazon.
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