It seems that the fruits and vegetables at farmer's markets always look so much more appealing than the ones at the local big-box grocery store: why is that, you may ask? They're just so much more...colorful! Some thoughts and notes on this phenomenon -- read and see more, at blog.amynelsonhahn.info
Bright fruits
Color is the cruelest plot
in nature's enduring foil --
however lustily it chides us,
maidenly, to table,
but with a sprig of spring
behind its ear to show us
all is supple, recent,
plum, and good --
color is the cash upon the deal.
Ask any grocer, any
ad-man; color is
your wary jade of wares.
Color sets the store
and sells it, rich as
Midas without flourish,
without glint.
Copyright (c) 2011 Amy Nelson Hahn
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