a Poem -- Tribute to a Red Fruit

A Broken Ode to a 
Wannabe Romantic 
Red Tomato 

Tomato ripe and red our love's so young
Forever on my mind I think of you
Your red lips parted place for tooth or tongue
Little brown love nuggets they call, some do 

Doctor says I can't have you anymore 
Those brown nuggets colon irritators 
We played like the morrow was here to stay
That came to a stop when we knew the score 

You left and so I eat mashed potatoes 
Now I miss you so since  you've gone away 
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- Photos and Poem Copyright,  Jimmiehov 2020, All Rights Reserved
 - I am linked with Sanaa Rizvi at Weekly Scribbles, https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2020/02/weekly-scribblings-8-red-fruit-rendition.html?m=1

 - At first this was to be an Ode to the Red Tomato but that really didnt work out well.  I did have some lines so I kept on writing for the result you see.
 - It does have the conventional rhyme scheme, Ode Format (??),
ABAB CDEC DE . 
Still I will try some more soon.

 - Sanaa asked of us, "Your challenge today is to write while inspired by red fruit. Fruit as a metaphor, analogy, a persisting idiom, as a symbol or even ..."  Her illustration is below, 

Still Life with Ewer and Fruit 
by Milne Ramsey, Pinterest