Is life really a bowl of cherries?
Red and juicy
Fresh from the tree?

Come on,
Can you do it?
Can you be red and juicy
Fresh and free?

Do you know how to chuckle and giggle?
To smile
To laugh
To howl and slap your knee?
Can you laugh at yourself
In all your silliness
Ridiculousness?

Can you eat crow and
Humble pie?
Or do you want green jello
With cottage cheese and pineapple?
It’s okay
But not as good
As fresh cherries.

Jesse