Blinds pulled shut
vertical and clicking,
cover rotting sill.
Peach-fuzz flesh
smooth-a-licious,
hides crawling worm.
What lies within
the house, its fruit
hidden from view
imperceptible
until we bite.
Sharing with dVerse, Poets’ Pub for their open link night. Bjorn is tending bar tonight! If you love poetry, check out this wonderful concept!
lillian the home poet 
Delicious and stunning write 🙂
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Ah….about to head out for a restaurant dinner….many thanks for the kind words! I’ve always liked the word “delicious.”
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I’ve never liked peaches (though I do like white-flesh nectarines), and now I like them even less so. On the other hand, I like your clever poem. Peace, Linda
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Thanks Linda. Well, I do love a good peach when it’s juicy and minus the worm! 😉
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This happened to us at the end of summer. The hubby picked up a flat of gorgeous looking peaches at CostCo and they were just atrocious inside.
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Ugh! It’s like when you buy one avocado to make your guacamole for company, get home, cut in and….yech! 😳
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I do love peaches but I admire the metaphor of evil of the worm in the fruit ~ If we are not careful, indeed we will bite & not noticed anything amiss ~
Love the sparse yet crispy words ~
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Fun description….crispy words! 😊. Thanks for the read and glad you liked it!
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Ha, this reminds me of the old adage, “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Sometimes you can’t judge a peace by its outer flesh. I remember sometime being SO disappointed when I have waited to savor a mango I have bought and then inside all is brown. Kind of a metaphor for life in many ways, I think. Surface is only surface.
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Ah…the metaphor is so true in so many ways. A couple we think is so happy but we have no idea what goes on behind those clicking blinds…the evil worm indeed!
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Ooooo. Delicious metaphor for life here. 🙂
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Thank you! Just getting to my reading this AM … Always enjoy seeing your magical words…
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Oh the thing that hides inside.. Can we see the fangs hidden by those lips? The heart of stone underneath the alabaster skin? I love the metaphor of the peach. And I do love a good peach.
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Yeah….. You understood what I was about here. You, my dear Bjorn, are a peach (minus the worm)!! 😊
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…but it looks so peachy from outside. Well written 😊
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It does indeed … And so many times so many things do…. Glad you liked it.
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Each tercet flower bears a sting! Bravo for your whited sepulchre!
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Happy I am to read your words! Many thanks!
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I keep thinking ‘a toy surprise in every box’ …
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Ah….thanks for the smile over my first cup this morning! ☕️
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‘smooth-a-licious,’ Ha – what lies beneath? Good write with undercurrents.
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Undercurrents indeed!
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You’ve defined malevolence better than Miriam Webster!
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Oh Melinda….laughing I am😁😊😀!!! Maybe a new career for me????
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I’ll write you a recommendation! Actually just send then your poem. It makes more sense than their definition!
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Oh wow. This is exceptional. It’s one of my favorites from Open-Link Night.
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Oh my. Many many thanks for the wonderful reply. Smiling I am over my first cup this morning reading this. Have been away from internet with company this weekend…so delightful to see your read and reply this early morn.
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Peaches are delicious. And your poem makes me appreciate the good ones even more. ♥
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Ah yes — appreciate the good ones……..a wonderful phrase applicable to so much more than peaches 🙂 Thanks for the read and our lovely comment here! Appreciative I am.
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Lillian –
Love the transitions in this from inorganic to organic and how – whether fabricated or living – both are equally facilitated at concealing what crawls within our personal spaces;)
am:)
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Ah my friend….many thanks for the very understanding reply! You’ve crawled inside my head and read exactly what was going on. Almost like sitting sharing a cup and chatting about our posts together — come visit Bermuda! 🙂
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You never know what lies beneath the exterior. I enjoyed the reference to the peach.
Perhaps we should never judge a peach…..hmm….by it’s fuzz? 😉
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Ah, smiling I am over my first cup this morning! Love your reply here! Thanks so much for the read and so glad you liked it!
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Outward appearances can hide so much.
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Exactly! Nice to see you here over my first cup of coffee on this Sunday morn! 🙂
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SMiLes.. no
longer afraid
oF sNakes..:)
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Wonderful metaphor!
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Thank you, Margaret. Appreciate your words here 🙂
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Watch out for that worm! My grandma used to say, “Just a little extra meat.” Lol!
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