Watermelon eyes

Kid's Art from Margaret at Imaginary garden

I remember those days

when mom would buy

a red ripe watermelon

tested as appropriate

for sonorous sound

clapped incentively

at its zebra butt

we, kids could receive

the couple of crusts

strictly alerted

to eat only red part

the rest – leave for pigs

and use the knives

to avoid the perleches.

I could follow

watermelon sweet juice

the whole day…

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