fruition

Pears. Eat them up! They are past
their prime, kind of grainy

and mealy, and none
too sweet. We held off, we
forbore to partake early, awaiting

peak ripeness. And lo! Their time
of perfection has come, and gone,

and they remain - lovely

as a bowl of wax apples.

But they are not delicious.
Did we miss their moment

of fruition? Or maybe,
it was just

these were not good

pears.