humming

Explaining why Sarah is no
longer her best friend,
she turns to ask for a
light. He sucks a breath
of smoke,
“I’ll give your father
three camels if you’ll
be my wife.”
Her friends giggle.
“Are you crazy?
Gimme a light!”

A tomato turned
inside out is a strawberry
so ripe its seeds have
begun to swell. A banana
peel, picked up in the forest,
travels to a dump
covered over by four stories
of apartments. Put your head
down and you’ll hear -

the crackle of newly
watered black earth
in a garden pot.