a watermelon in the streets by Bogdan Dragos

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“D’you remember?” he said. “That time when

we returned from work. We were

working in the same place

back then.

And it was dark outside

and we walked along the street when suddenly

there’s this big

watermelon

that pops in our way. We walked up to it

and gave it a few

light kicks and convinced ourselves that

it must’ve been dropped

by some delivery truck or

forgotten by some merchant. And then you had this

brilliant idea.

You said that we should take it to my

place and share it.

I picked it up and to my place we

went and we shared the sweetest watermelon

I’ve ever tasted in my life. Love

was obviously

the secret spice there. We were

so poor back then

we were crazy enough to pick some random

watermelon from the streets.

Well… not much changed today. I’m still

poor and you’re

still my imaginary girlfriend. We’ll

be together

forever, you and I.”

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  1. Avatar de robertawrites235681907

    The ending is a good twist to this carefree poem.

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    1. Avatar de Bogdan Dragos

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      Thank you so much for reading it, Roberta!

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  2. Avatar de richardbist

    Beautiful poem. I like the street-level vibe of it, ordinary people who don’t have much except each other and a fond memory.

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    1. Avatar de Bogdan Dragos

      (つ▀_▀)つ Thank you!

      Indeed, some people don’t have anything else in life but a handful of good memories they keep returning to…

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  3. Avatar de Priscilla Bettis

    I love this narrative poem. Great twist at the end!

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    1. Avatar de Bogdan Dragos

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      Thank you for checking it out!

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