Shining red apples,
oranges, grapes and melons
browning bananas;
bric-a-brac in France
caught, curtailed, curated, cured,
stored, hidden, cashed in -
La Nature Morte vient et va,
money for old rope,
money from dead fish -
you can formaldehyde them,
deprive the starving
of good nutrients.
I wait on tiptoes
to hear some dying artist
bequeathing his skull
to be sold to benefit
impoverished others.
