Swiss Cheese

sculptors have been
in the pantry the cheese
all Swiss now

Gold Standard

the miner’s tin perk
cheering body and soul
a gold standard

cherries glisten
in a fruit stand basket
sampling with my eyes

chewing brownies
the lingering taste
of a bad nut

the newlyweds’ first meal
chicken tenders
and tater tots

My response to the Ragtag daily prompt: TENDER

ship bringing food
reaches the besieged town
only children at the dock

the first melon
picked from my own vine
not quite ripe