#9 Onion

posted November 9, 2018

They say it’s like an onion
This work
You slice through layer after layer
To get to a core

Is there a core to an onion?

They forgot to tell you
About the inevitable tears
This onion-cutting requires

Layer after layer of tears
Is there a core to the tears?

 

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