On a rosewood dining room table overflowing a lead-crystal bowl: apple kiwi lemon guava cantaloupe sloped over grapefruit pissing off peach & pear papaya breadfruit starfruit jackfruit date & durian apricot banding with kumquat nectarine mango tangelo lime pineapple pumpkin chin-upping cherries berries black & blue & dew huckle & goose & elder rasp & straw & cran & bil lichee licking a quince grapes all peeled black-red-green champagne & globe honeydew water & crashaw melons persimmon & plum perfecting themselves tangerine plantain coconut currants oranges, copious mandarin navel & blood seeds squealing out from a fat pomegranate as raisins debate & debate the dubious wonders of botox figs & bananas bananas bananas-of-course a little green worm is fucking the fruit — apple then kiwi lemon guava . . . all in the fog of a grand starbuckian steamed-milk froth . . .
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- Laurel Wexman { I am re- reading this for the millionth time, through tears, once again. It is absolutely perfect! }
- Antonie Becker { Beautifully movingly written so, Thank God, the talent and ability is still somehow, miraculously, intact. }
- Jim Brennan { Garry, you mentioned this piece at the PVTU meeting - nicely written. It had me searching around, as things like this tend to do, for... }
- Dan Minnock { Hello All, Are you taking submissions for the June 2022 contest? }
- D. Oakleaf { Dear James, Thank you for sharing this outstanding essay. My father also built a "Z-Box" and I've recently taken up learning its backstory, even if... }
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