Wednesday, February 8, 2017

the higher branch

the higher branches
may have
the sweeter fruit,
but what hangs low
is easer to reach,
easier still
is what's on the ground.
yes.
a worm or two,
the skin soft, gone
brown.
but the higher
fruit is so hard to
get to,
so you settle, and bite,
and wish that things
weren't so hard.

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