October 2021 Flash Lit 7: An Apple a Day

An Apple A Day

 

Granny Smiths, tart, firm,

shiny in the morning,

come back home bruised

and uneaten,

forgotten in the rush.

So too the question—

what did you learn today?—

answered only

obliquely—

Nothing, plus an eye roll—

until later:

Who is your favorite

Civil War general?

And there is a list,

long and annotated,

with side avenues and

a dose of horror

at war and racism

and evil.

The apple tasted after all.