Pickles
shontay luna
They are heat,
flames of taste that
warm mildly. The epitome
of spice. They are also
crunchiness and joy.
Full of a freshness derived
of the Earth.
Freshly harvested goodness
from Nature’s bounty
to the jar.
In which to consume them
is to experience utter happiness.
The balance is right and equal.
Bliss upon opening the jar,
bliss in the first chip, bliss
in the last. They are made well
and one can tell, from the
very first bite.
shontay luna
Shontay Luna is the author of ‘Reflections of a Project Girl’, ‘Recollections & Dreams’, ‘To James & Sarah with Love: Poetry based on slang of 1920s through 1940s’ & ‘The Goddess Journal’. Her writing has appeared in Olney Magazine, The Lucky Jefferson, and Bullshit Lit. She majored in Poetry at Columbia College Chicago for two years. A Chicago native, she loves coupons, used books, and writing non-canon Juan Carlos ‘Juice’ Ortiz fanfiction. Visit her online at Twitter via @ShontayLuna