In Margaret’s Heaven

There will be watermelon,

Pineapple will be prickle free

Field-ripe and juicy

Even to the core

Chestnuts ready for roasting

Anytime, every time.

Cool honeydew & Persian melons

Subtly fragrant, cool & lush

Always ready to be eaten

And there will be Watermelon.

Oh, such watermelon–

Red ripe delicious

Without seeds of any kind

Not of ugly black not albino.

Oh yes, there will be watermelon

Lots of watermelon

There will be strawberries every day

Concord grapes & apples:

Jonathans, pippins, & winesaps

And coconut freshly cut and ready to eat

Smooth-skinned peaches

Miracle cherries and dates,

All without pits

Sweet, firm and rich

And these, all these fruits

Will be there,

Ready to eat any day at all,

Enough at last

That she might have her fill

With no regrets

And, of course, watermelon

Utterly delicious

Heavily perfect

Oh, such watermelon!