On a rosewood dining room table overflowing a lead-crystal bowl: apple kiwi lemon guava cantaloupe sloped over grapefruit pissing off peach & pear papaya breadfruit starfruit jackfruit date & durian apricot banding with kumquat nectarine mango tangelo lime pineapple pumpkin chin-upping cherries berries black & blue & dew huckle & goose & elder rasp & straw & cran & bil lichee licking a quince grapes all peeled black-red-green champagne & globe honeydew water & crashaw melons persimmon & plum perfecting themselves tangerine plantain coconut currants oranges, copious mandarin navel & blood seeds squealing out from a fat pomegranate as raisins debate & debate the dubious wonders of botox figs & bananas bananas bananas-of-course a little green worm is fucking the fruit — apple then kiwi lemon guava . . . all in the fog of a grand starbuckian steamed-milk froth . . .
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Readers’ Comments
- On "Kritios Boy": I am re- reading this for the millionth time, through tears, once again. It is absolutely perfect! – Laurel Wexman
Jan 26 - On "Losing My Mind and Getting a New One": Beautifully movingly written so, Thank God, the talent and ability is still somehow, miraculously, intact. – Antonie Becker
Nov 21 - On "My Own Personal Mr. Crabtree": Garry, you mentioned this piece at the PVTU meeting - nicely written. It had me searching around, as things like this tend to do, for... – Jim Brennan
Nov 17 - On "NOTE: We are NOT currently taking submissions (except Fiction Awards until Jan 2020)": Hello All, Are you taking submissions for the June 2022 contest? – Dan Minnock
Mar 08 - On "I Made It Myself": Dear James, Thank you for sharing this outstanding essay. My father also built a "Z-Box" and I've recently taken up learning its backstory, even if... – D. Oakleaf
Jan 03 - On "NOTE: We are NOT currently taking submissions (except Fiction Awards until Jan 2020)": We're near the end of 2021. When will the 2020 Fiction Contest results be announced? – F. J. Bergmann
Dec 11 - On "Seeing The Inca Trail": Blimey - what a read........we just celebrated a UK and anyone else who could make it - Cusichaca reunion at our home in Scotland -... – Dawn Holmes
Sep 15 - On "NOTE: We are NOT currently taking submissions (except Fiction Awards until Jan 2020)": Thanks, Richard, that is much appreciated! You stay safe, too! – Literal Latte
Dec 18 - On "NOTE: We are NOT currently taking submissions (except Fiction Awards until Jan 2020)": Hi James and Michelle (and other writers who have inquired) -- We're truly sorry about the delay. It looks like results for the fiction contest... – Literal Latte
Dec 18
- On "Kritios Boy": I am re- reading this for the millionth time, through tears, once again. It is absolutely perfect! – Laurel Wexman