Larry's Produce

The market rings with laughter.

In Spanish and German,

Russian and a dozen other tongues

weary children cry

in the mid-morning sun

as old eyes, wise hands

prod peach and mango

mounded peas and beans

looking for any flaw.

Finding none,

they fill their bags

with the fragrant gifts

of this milk-

and-honeyed

land.

(28 June 2014)