My inheritance of prunes:
one and a half bags, unfinished.
Eaten ritualistically daily
to avoid constipation.
Also dates. Two tubs, Medjool.
Minerals and fiber-rich.
Five prunes and three dates
to start each morning
sweetly, with expectation:
this is how the day will go,
movingly. Dried fruits almost
primal, handed down
with his last possessions.
The things he touched:
now I eat them daily,
tasting only sweetness.
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