Apple Chaining

skin more easily bruised than

thought/more eager to be wrapped and

bound/by iron holding them to the earth

or they’d float upward – forget Newtonian Physics

fly recklessly unencumbered

Red, Pink, Gold and Green globes

preferring to be bitten and juiced

pulped and sauced

to meet teeth with resistance

a teasing burlesque before flesh tart and sweet

crisp and tender

stars at their core, all