Those Good Tomatoes

 Chicago, South Side

Late July and I am waiting

for those good tomatoes

brought to the city from farms

on trucks with a swinging scale,

brought to the city

and into the alleys

by Greeks and sons

in late July

and early August,

tomatoes so red they reign

on the sills of my mind all winter

too perfect to eat. 

Copyright © by Donal Mahoney

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Donal Mahoney has had work published in Fresh! Literary Magazine and various print and electronic publications in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/