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Rated: E · Poetry · Emotional · #1596479
Short poem; very visual; red; in the style of William Carlos Williams

Bowl full of cherries
Bright red, dark red, brown

Is it my fault you did not eat me first,
that I fell to the bottom?

I take the blame quickly
So that you don't know
You could have tasted me when I was still red.
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