Monday, 27 January 2025

Yuko Minamikawa Adams/United Kingdom

Avocados


Avocados


Your avocado is sanguine.

It believes it can ripen 

even in a cold room.

It cannot wait to be cut

and expose its flesh to you.


Her avocado is choleric.

It ignores her meal plan

and strives to ripen immediately.

Even when it’s overripe

it thinks it’s the winner.


His avocado is phlegmatic.

It silently reads his mind.

Slowly but surely,

it endeavours to mature evenly

for the exact day he cuts it.


My avocado is melancholic.

It meditates inside a paper bag.

It misses the days on a tree.

As it grows tenderer,

it senses its death is closer.

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