i keep leaving
one strawberry
to rot in the refrigerator.

i didnt intend to make it habit.

a ritual
after every grocery trip.

carefully selecting the sacrifice.

im in my villain era.

it takes
just about a week

before i see the white crystals sprout

the slow melting of its skin
folding back crushing itself

the escape of sweet aroma
as fortells a sacred demise.

its sick to make it suffer, i know

but i do, and with its passing
i know its time to clean out the bin.

#poetry #poem #🍓