when life gives you lemons
your view is simply golden
that was unfolding green
life
when you lemons gives
sours the fish to perfection
and tangs the meringue
you
when lemons life gives
sing like a gin and tonic
something super sonic
gives
life lemons when you
think about it the pip
plopped in pots for new surprises
lemons
you life gives when
their scent’s a sign god-sent
tingling like lemonade
in
‘fruit in a chinese bowl’
hockney’s pear is flat green
easily mistaken for an avocado
to
eat a pear for free
knowing it tastes three million
english pounds is our own business
banksy
has a pair of nostrils
for detecting things on the nose
but is not known for painting pears
while
arcimboldo’s noisy fruttivendolo
has a pear for a nose
and a face we could munch for lunch
and
nothing much touches
the most famous pears of cézanne
square there teasing our primal instincts
i.m.
David Hockney 11th of June 2026
visually
why there is a curve a smooth
bend to the fruit is answerable
via your average online search but why
aurally
why the unpeeling
is almost soundless has very rarely
been discussed on nature programs
tactilely
why so has something to do
with the hard inedible outer
protecting the soft white edible inner
olfactorily
why all factors really say
to the sense safe rather than not in this
case
is a case of habit and mind over matter
sensorily
why the taste and texture evolved
into this uniquely sweet meal
is anyone’s guess now your turn
