nourishment comes in the color of
pomegranate seeds
and grocery stores
along the coast
so you can see the ocean
as you shop for
avocados
from Mexico
or wherever.
in these parts we only see
ice
cracked against black asphalt
and trees
bare
leaves long gone.
holding bags of plastic
and avocados from
Colombia
or wherever.
they were already rotten
by the time I got
home.