Summer in September
what were
jest seeds
in May
turned into
watermelons
by September
it gets me every time
how given the right conditions
and the right amount of time
something like that can grow
from a speck of seed
the first one cracked open
wasn’t ready
but the second one
was
there’s something so satisfying
in that first glimpse
of red
they say you gotta roll the melons over
and check the bottom
for a tinge of yellow
fore it’s ready
to roll
ruby ready
TL