Saturday, August 19, 2006

Pineapple Girl

'Meenu! Meenu! Look here!'
I look down at the matchstick figure standing in front of me.
She held out a silver ice cream bowl at me.
'I want more pineapple, Meenu!'
she demanded,
chewing on one of my father's beloved fruit forks.
I put a fourth pineapple ring in her bowl,
cutting it up into 6 pieces.
20 seconds later,
'Meenu! I want some more!'
And she began jumping up and down,
singing a song about pineapples.
'Enough Meenu, no more for her', says the Grandmother.
'More! More! More!' screams the matchstick,
the 3 year old matchstick,
who's so sweet like a pineapple.

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