Avocado
spends the days
obsessively
tracking the latest
trends.

Strawberry
is too honest
with an exoskeleton
that tells no lies.

Kiwi
is no more than a baby,
continually
being spoon fed.

Grape
cannot deal with
confrontation,
as thin skin 
wrinkles
under the couch.

Banana 
is bruised 
by the hands 
of others,
and at the center
of 
sexual exploitation.

These fruits are rotting
in a way that cannot
be cleaned
with water.