Segments of Fruit

A fruit peeled perfectly in one single

Cascading

Spiral

Leaving six segments of fruit

Gripped together

Milky shroud

in

perfect cyclic symmetry.

and in a flash you’ve eaten one

and in a flash its delicious

and gone

how do you lose one sixth of a mom?

when the rainbow loses a bit of its shine

and you’ve forgotten the hue

in the glass

of your mulberry wine

It took a village to raise the wild

Into something resembling a seedling,

a small happy child,

Who was given a good healthy stock of root

And busy enjoying the rest of his

Segments of fruit

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To my aunt who I was always so proud of for publishing her stories.

Thank you for reading.

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