fruit - five times a day.

fruit - 5 x a day.

Nectarines are smooth,

as skin is to the touch.

It's enticing to soothe

the cut

of warm flesh, peculiarly mellow.

No peach could be so undone -

without the pelt of fur span

between sticky fingers.

The swift run

of juice

ensues – down to the chin.

Inanity allows the tongue

follow its tracks.

The humble fruit of Eve –

a core of any fruit salad.

A crush of teeth

minces fine the flesh, and releases

the taste of the summer sun on orchards

behind which pigs run in Devon.

Politically fruit must be eaten

five times a day, otherwise

the industry will die.