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Today is a Tuesday (but not the last one of November), which means there are two prompt. They are:

1. Pick a fruit, make it the title of your poem, and write the poem. Example titles include: “Banana,” “Kiwi,” “Lemon,” etc.
2. Pick a vegetable, make it the title of your poem, and write the poem. Example titles include “Pickle,” “Potato,” “Asparagus,” etc.

Really?  ah geez.  okay.  well I've been doing a poor job on this anyway - falling behind and jamming to catch up.

Not feelin this one, but here goes...

Not Rich

I still remember the two limes

and a bunch of cilantro I bought on 

on a corner food boutique on 

the Upper East Side

Madison Avenue

between the Whitney and the Met

back when I was in that neighborhood

most of the time, being served,

for free, venison and Beef Wellington 

and Jean Jacques' soufflés on a regular basis.

Twelve dollars and seventeen cents!

Eight cilantro leaves - arching up and out like a tiny bouquet 

held together by a ninth, in a bow,

assembled, no doubt, by a rail thin miss,

lovely and pleasant,

and two limes that looked like, like limes.

Who lives like this?

Twelve dollars and seventeen cents!

I'll never get over it.