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do you first deprive the apple
of its thin yellow (yes yellow) membrane
in brutish slices, or yet better
split the whole delicate (though obtuse) body
into sixes or eights all neatly splayed
atop a purple
or green plate? Do you first
remind yourself the benefits of eating apples
the fiber, L-ascorbate, the prevention
of colon cancer, or liver or lung
tumors? Is it better first to not think
of how much more easily a drink
could slither into your gullet
or fresh and expensive oysters
from the bar? Is it better
not to remember that the apple,
eaten or elsewise, will soon be
unpalatable
when she asks
what you’ve been doing with your life?