Maurer, Susan H.

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Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal Volume 10 Issue 2 Article 14 January 2011 Ruby Beets Susan H. Maurer Follow this and additional works at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate Recommended Citation Maurer, Susan H. (2011) "Ruby Beets," Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal: Vol. 10: Iss. 2, Article 14. Available at: https://orb.binghamton.edu/harpurpalate/vol10/iss2/14 This Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). It has been accepted for inclusion in Harpur Palate: a Literary Journal by an authorized editor of The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB). For more information, please contact ORB@binghamton.edu. HARPUR PALATE R UBY BEETS Susan H. Maurer And so we meet again, the Greenmarket Society fo r the Adoration of the Naked Vegetables. We have before us ruby beets which would make Faberge weep, their da rk green leaves as soft as bunny ears, veined with blood red streaks. So in tense they are, we hope they will not shriek when cut. 22 1Maurer: Ruby BeetsPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2011

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