Rubai Ninety Two- Bruce Moody

[Larry Robinson]

 Rubai Ninety Two 
 

Take a pear and pare it of its bruises.


Old bruised pears are best to eat.

Lean over, let it drip

onto your favorite plate.

 

The knife is sharp, serrated, and it shines

with tiny pools of juice.

Inside, your teeth ache a trice

of refrigerator cold.

 

Slice another slice and thank your pal the pear

for living – not to make you live

but just to grow, be swallowed,

disappear,

like you.

 

Grow, be swallowed,

disappear.

 

	- Bruce Moody
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