On interstate 85 just outside
Gaffney, South Carolina, there’s a peach-
Shaped water tower. When you ride
By it’s hard not to notice, nay, reach
The objective conclusion that this lofty H2O
Holder looks like a yellow-orange butt.
Peaches are also a fruit known to grow
Well in Georgia. They’re delicious cut
Into wedges or baked in a cobbler. We had peach
Trees in our yard as a child, and my parents put
The ripe fruit in homemade ice cream–each
Spoonful heaven–chasing fireflies barefoot.
I think also about the wasted fruit
That fell and rotted, stones that couldn’t root.
