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Bittersweet Fruit
Pomegranates burst open
like shrapnel
spitting red sweetness
in all directions
blood on walls,
on sidewalks
on imploding storefronts
here and there
a piece of skin
a fragment
in Hebrew
pomegranate and hand grenade
are the same word
so are peace and goodbye
coexistence
waiting
to explode
any minute
© Johnmichael Simon
2006
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