Juicy peaches, sweet<\/p>\n
fresh, sitting in flowered bowl<\/p>\n
ripening, waiting<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The image and smell<\/p>\n
of peaches<\/p>\n
take me back to my seventh year<\/p>\n
to a kitchen that was shady and cool<\/p>\n
in the heat of a summer afternoon,<\/p>\n
to an old home<\/p>\n
lived in and cared for by women<\/p>\n
who still fed the ancient stove wood<\/p>\n
to turn out home-cooked meals.<\/p>\n
I taste the sweet juice of a peach<\/p>\n
as it runs down my chin<\/p>\n
almost a half-century later<\/p>\n
and I hear my great aunt’s laugh,<\/p>\n
long since silenced,<\/p>\n
as she hands me a napkin<\/p>\n
to catch the runoff.<\/p>\n
And I am back in her kitchen,<\/p>\n
shady and cool<\/p>\n
in the heat of a summer afternoon.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Eve Remillard<\/p>\n
8\/13\/2016<\/p>\n
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