apples
neighbors who brought
eight apples beautiful apples
kind your children pick
later you'll remember how they taste
republican neighbors brought
us apples and we who are
unfortunately obsessed
with this election
can't talk about much else
except for trump free days
months now we have closely listened
sought out statistics
from Pennsylvania, Florida
when our neighbors maybe the kindest
in our building also the only republicans
when they brought us apples
we did not speak of the election
only apples and thank you and when
they left there was a moment, an odd moment
where we considered whether or not
to actually eat them. Of course we did.