rambutan
By yi-ching lin
Tags: beauty, chinatown, edible, experimental, food porn, fruit, fruit vendor, fruits, health, ingredients, manhattan, manhattan chinatown, nature, nyc, rambutan, seeded, shell, skin, street vendor
Category: art, city, food, food porn, nature, nyc, photo challenges, photography, poetry, street photography, structure, weekly photo challenge, writing
yi-ching lin photography 
i am delicately
peeling into
this memory i have
of you – how we
rarely had
lychees
in our youth
unless
you were visiting –
maybe you’d carry
with you only
a small bag of
the sweet fruits,
and still, it was
up to us
to peel away
the tough outer
layer, past the inner
membrane,
to get to
the unforgettable
part, the stuff
of memories
.
20171122:2005
y
one of my favorite fruits! sadly, i missed it this season 😦