every year I forget
to tell them at the Mizell
Senior Center
that’s a mango tree
in your courtyard
I don’t think they know
the surprise that awaits
just under the fruit’s peel
that the sack of sweetness
that hangs from an unknown tree
swells and drips juice in July
I bet the Hispanic gardeners
haven’t said a word
perhaps I should look for skins
on the floor of their truck
or old pits scattered under
the well-trimmed bushes
this is the perfect case
where ignorance
by not means
defaults
to
bliss
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