pomegranate

i ate a pomegranate today 

which is not very big news 

if you are not a great lover of pomegranates 

but i am 

and so to me 

it is very very big news 

because today i ate jewels 

i ate rubies 

and i tasted their bittersweet life 

run down between the cracks of my teeth 

and i felt their brittle bones crack 

between my molars 

and i knew their cringing souls were mine 

in the hundreds 

i am a great lover of the pomegranate. 

because the pomegranate makes death difficult 

you cant just bite a pomegranate 

you must peel it apart

you must tear that luscious heart into two, maybe three

and then you must pick your treasure from its core 

with great care 

lest you crush them before they reach you