Green Apple: Still Life II

SAUL TOUSTER

GREEN APPLE: STILL LIFE I

A thing such as this is

can't contain more of itself

than its seed can

and yet by late afternoon

something else, something entirely other

than the green apple

joins it on the table

and gives it support.

Maybe it's the blue background

darkening or a gesture that favors

roundness over weight.

Still, it's the right weight

in the hand, and cold,

and sets the teeth

on edge.

GREEN APPLE: STILL LIFE I

Green grows the apple

in the real blue air

blowing the air

from the apple's sheen

holding together

even the stem

the lemons in the distance.

As if the stillness weren't enough.

Green grows the core

and the shadow of the core

wearing the shape of an apple.