to terms i. as a boy i ate two apples from the crisper after dinner my hunger not physical but a plunder to get to seeds my brother promised could become trees ii. in that early summer evening i dug earth with my fingers potholes of promise on the lawn, spread each patted like the heads of children before going to bed iii. older i now know how to burn longings that cannot be such as they are rooted & with greenest leaves