The Fruit Stand
1.
Pears should not be placed
in the refrigerator.
That keeps them too hard.
2.
Grapes may be frozen.
You may eat them like ice-pops,
but chew, do not suck.
3.
Though it seems not right,
you can grill watermelon.
It makes good salad.
4.
Mango is tricky.
Cutting the pit out is tough,
but the flesh is good!
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french kissing
a black fly
landed in my coffee and i accidentally drank it.
that’s what happens when you wake up at 7am
on a sunday
french kissing life square in the mouth.
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$1000 Reward for the Return of My Lost Dog
The cat walked across the piano
pawing a melody of
distrust and envy.
He
jumped
off and
like a piece of burnt toast,
landed butterside down
on his belly
legs outstretched in the
S P L A T!
position you see in the comics.
He just lay there
contemplating nothing,
eyes closed, and then
WHAP!
eyes flung open
like a fresh bag of chips,
hands pulling apart both sides
and then sprung apart
like an accordion
taking
a
breath.
* Stephanie Leal is a performance poet from the USA. She completed the MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2007 and she currently lives in Norwich, England.
