Melon Rot

Julene T. WeaverContemplative

A melon sits in a dark deserted room slow it changes to silt—mold grows random pock marks.

Inside an inner pocket lint from your grandmother.

What happens when you don’t care when squash turns to puddle?

We walk under purple cumulus clouds dark, like a melon speaks— change, ubiquitous in worm territory.

Julene T. Weaver

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