I put this little bit of citrus sunshine in the box earlier this week and forgot to take a pic. I did so this morning as as a winter storm descends on Central Texas and the trauma of last year’s freeze ripples again through the community. I discovered this piece by Mary Ruefle in The Slowdown podcast. Host Ada Limón opens the episode by saying, “The other night, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the people I love.” She ends it: “In today’s poem by the extraordinary Mary Ruefle, we see how a strong attachment to the world can change the way we perceive everything. Even something as small and seemingly inconsequential as a piece of fruit.”
“save their children from drowning
in love, save my friends from
going through the ice, save
all animals from starvation”
