ABOUT APPLE PICKING
one is never wrong.
The orchard itself is the correct
answer to any question.
Climbing is a problem,
but gravity solves even that
for some. The round truth
of an apple is sufficient;
being lost here is to be found;
it is the end of the quest,
best friend to cheese;
and can become cider
soon enough. The fall
to the very ground
if it happened, was near
this row or that of reaching,
autumn themes, the cooling air,
a sense of collecting the divine
in a modest wicker basket.
Science is what finds the good
among the bad, the worms,
centring on the crisp core's seeds,
the ample harvest before the frost,
that sweet-bitter-tanging bite,
flight into so many delicious names.
October 19, 2021
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