life

By: Anna Schmeer

a cherry

a seemingly harmless

red, round fruit

you pop the whole thing

in your mouth

bite down on the

soft sweet juicy pulp

then suddenly

you reach the middle

expecting the soft flesh

you get a solid pit

you can’t eat the pit

or it will make you sick

you can’t wallow it

around in your mouth

all you can do is spit it out

and keep going