The Pawpaw

A woman speaks to me
of a pawpaw tree.
I have never seen a pawpaw tree.
I have never eaten its fruit.
I nod.
The conversation continues.
So many things
we think we understand,
until we stop to think.
Her life.
My own.
A woman speaks to me
of a pawpaw tree.
I have never seen a pawpaw tree.
I have never eaten its fruit.
I nod.
The conversation continues.
So many things
we think we understand,
until we stop to think.
Her life.
My own.