Tomatoes

The tomatoes are red and yellow. 

They are round no, spherical. 

Their skin is soft and smooth. 

Plunge a knife into the soft plump flesh of a tomato and out pours forth tomato juice. 

A translucent light liquid that flows into the plate.

There are seeds too. The seeds spill out from the tomato and are coated with a slippery wrapping. 

Inside the flesh of the tomato is a version of the flesh of the watermelon. 

Not taste wise but color wise. 

Tomatoes give us lycopene, vitamin C, folate and potassium. 

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Last week we got a whopping 30 pounds of tomatoes from a neighbor. I made cauliflower curry and pasta sauce. A day later in the night my mind made a poem about tomatoes.

This is the result of my poetic endeavors.