Thursday, June 9, 2016

Strawberry Question




In the middle of the night,
I bit into a strawberry
that was in a bowl
in the refrigerator.

It tasted different
than the one I ate
earlier in the day -
sweeter, juicier.

The strawberries
couldn’t have been different,
it must have been me.

I ate another one.
Then another one.
I emptied the bowl.

What if everything is like that?


2 comments:

John Kelly said...

Beautiful. Have you read Jorge Luis Borges' short story "Funes the Memorious"?

Unknown said...

Stunning. How in control are we of changing our own perception? Very powerful. I enjoyed this one!