Por Favor No Maltratar Los Aguacates
“Please do not
abuse avocados”:
written in black
marker on blue-
lined legal paper
and taped to a box
at a Yonkers bodega.
Someone has felt
for ripeness, deemed
these precious;
one inept squeeze
could bruise
the fruit
and render it
inedible.
I’m no longer
sure if I could pass
for ready, if I’m worthy
of such a sign.
Forever I’ve waited
for competent hands
to protect me
from the careless,
the passersby.
from Autumn Sky Poetry DAILY, April 18, 2015 — by Laryssa Wirstiuk
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