Summer Rundown 2: Rainbow Watermelon
On the surface
you
meet watermelon expectations:
football-sized,
rattlesnake-mottled,
silver and green.
But
you
have
a muddy history.
Unclear, uncertain,
leaving me questions
with
invisible answers.
What is your
heritage?
The trader told me
you
were a
Native American heirloom.
True or not,
you
certainly are
rustic.
Rustic:
crunchy coarse
rust-colored flesh,
seeds gathered up in your center,
sweeter
and more
watermelon-y
than your refined
cousins.
I know no other
place to
find
you.
I must save
your
flat black
seeds.
I must keep
you
alive.
you
meet watermelon expectations:
football-sized,
rattlesnake-mottled,
silver and green.
Butyou
have
a muddy history.
Unclear, uncertain,
leaving me questions
with
invisible answers.
What is your
heritage?
The trader told me
you
were a
Native American heirloom.
True or not,
you
certainly are
rustic.
Rustic:crunchy coarse
rust-colored flesh,
seeds gathered up in your center,
sweeter
and more
watermelon-y
than your refined
cousins.
I know no other
place to
find
you.
I must save
your
flat black
seeds.
I must keep
you
alive.
Comments
Hope you're settling into the new place. :)
Freya: Thank you! I wanted to do something a little different with these posts. I appreciate your kind words.