Camouflage

image by Klaus Enrique Gerdes

The food pyramid keeps changing,

re-arranging, but never presents
anything appetizing to me. The Food Channel
makes delectable treats using applesauce
instead of sugar, say what?  So many helpings

of fresh vegetables and fruit are a main stay

for any good diet.  But no matter how much I try
to maintain, I’ve never prettied up vegetables enough
to make them  as appetizing as a chocolate-pecan cookie,
a snow white coconut cake, or a helping of miracle fudge!

Succulent

Sweet, juicy Georgia

peaches so plump,

sticky juice drips

down my elbows

as I take another

bite of sun-ripened

deliciousness right

there in the orchard.