Free Range Pears

by Jessi

 

The produce aisle is free

Little sprinklers for the lettuce

And other bunching greens

 

The produce aisle is free

Stacks of apples perilously balanced

Peppers gathered, all colors together

 

The produce aisle is free

But for the little pears

The special breed of rosy pears

Wrapped tightly in white foam coats

 

Those pears can’t breathe

Those pears can’t run and play

They don’t even know

There’s a world outside their own

 

They don’t know about veal

Or free range chicken

 

They are captives in the produce section

All other fruits are free

But, blind, asphixiating, becoated pears…

I weep for thee.

 

 

 

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