eating rubies

tiny bright undulatingly-curved edible gemstones.

i ate them with friends with great attention and joy.

and what made them even happier is that they were from the little organic store on the corner about as small as they are.

these tomatoes were not just tomatoes, they were like little portraits of individual people eager to be known, engaged, enjoyed. each one with a form all its own, full of personality, sweetness, charm.

it's a sweetness that's palatable when you get a particularly amazing mouthful of these daterini (little dates, sweet like their name suggests).

eating rubies.