Claudia Serea

Cherry tomatoes

Sweet and red
like a lover’s tongue,

the last jewels
of the season
hang in low light,

speaking summer’s
extinct dialect:

Good-
bye.

Claudia Serea is the author of Angels & Beasts (Phoenicia Publishing, Canada, 2012), The System (Cold Hub Press, New Zealand, 2012), and A Dirt Road Hangs from the Sky (8^th House Publishing, Canada, 2013).