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However, one of the finalists put me in mind of some foodily nonsense I experimented with years ago....so I share them with you now, with thoughts of the growing seasons ahead!
The Produce Cinquains
Kiwi:
alien green
inside, alien fuzz
outside—fruit that will never look
dewy.
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Raisin:
shrinking darkly,
the grape adds its juices
to the cloud of vapor on the ho-
rizon.
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Oranges:
thick skins heavy
with Florida sunshine,
so round that they resist being
arranged.
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Mango:
no matter how
you slice it, the flesh around
its deceptively large stone gets
mangled.
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Wax bean:
the name alone
is unappetizing—
not to mention how it looks fake,
lacks green.
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Peaches:
all of August’s
sweet heat accumulates
until the fruit dips within our
reaches.
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Carrot:
how can a thing
that grows in the dark be
as bright as the feathers of a
parrot?
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Cabbage:
once a month
I buy one, thinking coleslaw;
three weeks later it goes in the
garbage.
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| ~Heidi Mordhorst | ||
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