TANGERINE PEEL EXPERIMENT

TANGERINE PEEL EXPERIMENT

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You asked to sit in the chair.
I stood behind you.

Then you asked for the tangerine peel that had come into view.
I reached with one hand while guarding your weight with the other.

You tore it apart
until there were twenty small pieces.

You brought one to your mouth.
I said no eating.

You tried again.
I said no eating.

You tried a third time.
I said nothing.

You laughed,
put it down,
and slipped your pacifier back in.

Then you started moving the pieces to another chair.

I ran to grab the memory card from my MacBook Pro so I could take a photo.
You ran after me.

I turned back before you could reach me
and met you halfway.

You laughed.

Your experiments make up most of our days.
You test.
You look back.
You continue.