The Second Greatest Pleasure

eating avocados cut in two
with the round of wood removed
a spoon dug into a silk organic flesh
the very color of teary eyes

strawberries taken by the stem
freshly picked and rinsed
eaten with seeds surrounding them
the very color of a pouting mouth

a slice of rustic tuscan bread
kneaded and baked
smothered with cheese and butter
the very color of wheat ringlets

the Third greatest pleasure is sleeping
which leaves us to the First
in multitudes and minutes
encompassing all the rest

~Emily Loren Moss Ferrell

written 03/25/2010 8:39 pm est
photo taken 3/20/2010 just after lunch
edited photo 6/23/2010 4:15 am est