Ripe
- Ripe
The apricot needs to be sucked off;ruddy half-moons wet the tablecloth,shudder to sugar.
A black ant—astronaut on a third-story window—peers into a dining room and understands:Hunger brought me here, ripeness brings me home. [End Page 63]
Gregg Mosson
Gregg Mosson is the author of two books of poetry, Questions of Fire (Plain View, 2009) and Season of Flowers & Dust (Goose River, 2007). The poem published here is from his manuscript in progress, “Ripeness.” Mosson lives in Maryland and his work has appeared widely. He would like to dedicate this poem’s publication to the late, great Adrienne Rich, whose craft, knowledge, and courage forever inspires him.
