An Apple Is Not a Story
i)
An
app-
le
is no
t
a stor-
y.
ii)
Its ripeness holds:
the weight:
tipping juicy
ba-
lan–
ces
with… … time,
forbidden to be consumed in one sitting,
one tasting:
line…
by line:
nibbling
crisp_ tart_ words_,
to salivate
and satisfy:
her…
curiosity:
vast and unquenchable.
iii)
Mystery rests in this pale delicate flesh–
(An apple is more than a story)
A primly wrapped promise, a ruse. A guise.
[conce aling secrets of the soil that sustains it
and
seeds buried for doubting tongues coming to life
for those
not afraid of seeing]
Glutted with the ripe flesh,
wasps murmur in the grass,
earth-bound with drunkenness,
heedless of the roaring blade.
iv)
An apple is not a story,
waiting in the trees
for its resurrection
as chlorophyll-laden leaves transform:
rays of sun
into
nectar-filled flowers
that will become:
crimson harbinger of joy
(foreteller of truths).
v)
She steps carefully over
the circle of bodies that surround her.
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© Graham Pilato. 2013
Graham Pilato is a Baltimore/Washington D.C. area actor and an MFA Acting student at Catholic University of America. He is a member of Cloudism with Allison Fuentes and Mike Maggio and Artistic Director of Borealis Theatre, both of which groups create interactive performance and happenings on streets, stages, and in galleries. http://grahampilato.com; http://www.facebook.com/BorealsTheatreDC.
