a crowd, gathering, standing
in her carpeted,
paneled, avocado and
flowered wallpaper
1970’s galley kitchen
loud and growing louder
in the spring of 1991.
two showers, a large family
preparing,
unwrapping the platters,
the pans, the bowls,
the memories cascading,
the smells,
of our childhoods, our
families,
all in one place
together.
opening my fruit salad,
my specialty
layered just so, repeating,
with the hard fruit at
the bottom
the acid of grapefruit,
oranges, pineapples
to stop the bruising, the
browning,
sweet fruits, grapes, cherries,
melons,
peaches and plums, in season,
berries, rising to the
crescendo
a layer of green, dripping
with juices
of lemons and limes.
an aunt, an eagle eye, cautious,
inquisitive, curious,
approaching the
concoction,
wondering at the green
slices,
the peeled garnish, placed
just so;
she asked me what it was,
filled with seeds,
“That it Kiwi, from New
Zealand,”
something she had never
encountered;
so glad I hadn’t added the
starfruit,
other more exotic flavors
to the mix…
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edited April 23, 2022
that is Kiwi – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/that-is-kiwi-v2.html
April 20, 2022
that is Kiwi
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/that-is-kiwi.html
&
edited July 21, 2018
The Layers of Fruit – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-layers-of-fruit-v2.html
October 14, 2010
The Layers of Fruit
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/10/layers-of-fruit.html
how I prepare a fruit salad
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