melons

wanting fresh fruit
in the dead of winter,
longing
for something sweet
and juicy,
you type the word melons
into your computer.
it's not the kind of melons
you expected though
that appear upon the screen.
there are no green
striped melons.
no cantaloupes
or seedless. not
a honey dew or
canary melon in sight.
after an hour or so
of searching.
you've forgotten about
fresh fruit, red and sweet,
ripe. you've fallen
into the rabbit hole
of this cyber life.