three pounds for a dollar

[hack]

She could choose the good ones,
their soft yellow made her smile.
I don't buy papayas anymore,
I can't manage the smile.

[Hawkman]

I find it extraordinary that you can imply so much grief and such a sense of loss in so few words describing such a mundane act as buying papayas. Great work, hack.

Best, H

[dafydd manton]

Four little lines that make the eyes prick. Superb, Hack. Superb

[hillwalker]

A very simple way of letting the world know you miss someone for their magic as much as their company. Great piece of writing.

[PrinceMyshkin]

This is a triumph in the art of deflection.

[Bar22do]

It seems to echo "my" Madeira man, but how masterfully you condense a life story and its accompanying sublime emotion into twenty two brief words. I'd better keep silent for a while, to savour.

[Song of Mercy]

*tear* Really good