a bowl of fruit on the table

if i could

i hear her mind, 

what she's thinking,

it would

go something like this.

i need a bowl

in the middle of the table,

i've seen it in old paintings,

Renoir or Rembrandt,

maybe,

perhaps Sargent.

a crystal bowl.

large.

a white linen table

cloth below it,

and then fruit,

colorful fruit, fresh and just

ripe,

in case anyone

that came near, wanted

to take one

and bite,

but they'd better not.

this is for show, still life.

it tells them who i am.

this bowl of fruit

says everything.