Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Solanum lycopersicum



Antonio Frasconi, tomato plant

I woke with heavy bones and a fear dream imprinted in the bind of my hips; a tightness

But all was forgotten when I noticed the sunbursts of tomatoes in the dirt, some I dug out from their mounds, some I rolled between my fingers

Some time in the night they had escaped the encompassing grasp of the vine, heavy with sugars they were released- dropping like the secret eyelids of the weary

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