Apples
Tempting Eve in Eden’s Garden, your seductive succulence
had her interest full aroused, though she knew the consequence.
Hence down throughout the ages, your juices sweet and mild,
have tempted many tastebuds, while your beauty has beguiled.
You offer us so many flavours, from sugary to tart,
Truly a fruit to gladden the most discerning heart.
Crisp and fresh, plucked from the twig, or ’neath a pastry crust,
our longing for your flesh is sometimes akin to lust.
Tantalised by that aroma wafting from a steaming pie,
I love you any way you’re served up - the apple of my eye.
© Pete Stratford 16.7.10
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