The children ignore you submissively
\nwaiting in place in the sunny kitchen.
\nThey skip past you, an ornament in a bowl.<\/p>\n
The father, on the other hand, from the
\ninstant he lays eyes on you, leers hungrily
\nat your buxom figure and blushing skin.<\/p>\n
He would like to unpeel you with his mouth
\nbeginning at the blossom end, nibbling
\nup around your core to the tapered stem<\/p>\n
end where, with a lip smacking kiss, he\u2019d
\nfinish you off, leaving you sideways, exposed
\nseeds to toss with spent teabags and cracked<\/p>\n
eggshells on his compost heap. The mother,
\nknowing well his desires, acts to protect
\nyou for the children\u2019s sake if not her own.<\/p>\n
She secures you in the bottom of the
\nfridge, imagining how she will transform
\nyou. With her favorite knife, she pares your<\/p>\n
supple skin, slices you to pieces, brings
\nyou to a boil, seals you tightly in a
\nsterilized jar, and stores you on a dark<\/p>\n
pantry shelf. Some Sunday morning she will
\nset you on the table for the whole
\nfamily, exclaiming in prep school French,<\/p>\n
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\nand preserved to be had on her terms,
\nsweetened and spread on artisan bread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"