1. The Fruit Bowl
Liz Rosenberg

2. the taste – don’t mention it
Strawberry
The freckle-faced one
who smells like heaven
Lemon
Bright as the dawn, but
the taste – don’t mention it
Banana
Crescent moon
zipped snug in its skin

3. than to be a bowl of these
Pear
A fruit guitar
whose music is nectar
Pomegranate
A hive of garnets
inside the red lantern
Cherries
Life could do worse
than to be a bowl of these

4. Blueberries Grapes Peach
Blue as the dusk,
flavor of musk
Small explosions hung
Grapes
from a twiggy skeleton
Peach
The soft skin fuzzy, thin;
like the skin of old women