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