(for j)

if i ate the local peaches,

am i missing out on those great yellow bananas?
banana: its smooth sunny skin. the ease with which it peels.
the way it blends so easy with milk, with cereal, with pancakes, with ice cream, with me.

or the oranges?
the dimpled skin through which i smell citrus scents, an all time favourite.

or the mangoes?
the thick golden meat that buries sweet veins between my teeth.

or should i stick to the peaches.
old warm weather regulars.
full of fuzz. bruised from falling so hard on the ground. soft some hard some.
but that taste, the taste that takes me back to
summer time, sore throats, the dense smell of grass, lemonade, Gramma's first messy pie, itchy mosquito bites, red wagons, fishing poles, etc.