The berries are not red.
\nThey twist in our hands,
\nstruggling to remain on their vines –
\nthe very best in sentient horticulture,
\ngenetically engineered for that astonishing flavor,
\ndense and luminous
\ntaste after taste blooming on your tongue.<\/p>\n
It is the taste of their dreams.<\/p>\n
Unconfirmed, I know.
\nBut a legend among us nonetheless.
\nWe, who wake the berries from their dreams,
\nyank them away from the only home they’ve known.
\nThey have enough intelligence for that, at least –
\nfor the desire to stay.<\/p>\n
They twist.
\nNone of us have unscarred palms.
\nYou know a harvester by the network of fine pale lines across hands, arms.
\nWe bandage our hands silently at the end of the day,
\nunable to look at each other.<\/p>\n
The wine is exquisite.
\nSo we are told.
\nAll the dreams of a new species,
\nblooming.
\nNot with a year’s wages could I afford it.
\nBut every night, I bring home one berry.
\nOne small taste of dream for myself.
\nI place it on my tongue
\nand close my eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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