The Pear ©

he was eating a pear

on the village street 

the day the Bishop

of the poor came to

visit. the fruit tasted

delicious to him and

though he had taken

a bite of it the loving

campesino handed

what was left to the

Bishop imagining it 

would invite the priest 

to surrender to the same

sweetness that made its 

way into his soul.  

h. j. Recinos