Apple Boxes
By Maurice Bernstein, M.D.
A stack of old wooden apple boxes
Each waiting to hold another peck
Mackintosh, Braeburn and maybe even Spitzenburg
Hoping their wooden ribs
Hold, not break and spill the contents
And be considered useful for another season.
A group of old men and women
Each waiting to hold the child
Their own great grandchild or maybe even a neighbor’s child
Hoping their arthritic hands
Grip, not let go and drop their precious contents
And be considered useful for another season.
[Photographed by me yesterday at an apple farm in San Luis Obispo County, California.]
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