Saturday's Storyteller: "This is a very angry avocado."
by Belinda Roddie This is a very angry avocado. You can tell it is angry because its skin is creased into a big green frown. If you were to cut it open and make guacamole out of it, it would probably yell at you. This avocado has not had a very good day. You might as well give it some space. Next to it is an anxious artichoke. It is anxious because it knows that soon, one hot and dry evening, it will be put in a pot of water and steamed. At first, it will feel like a blissful sauna, but afterwards, it will become akin to the sermons told about the bubbling cauldrons of Hell itself. Then it shall be stripped of each limb, eaten bit by bit, as if drawn and quartered. And served with mayonnaise. This artichoke has attempted to downplay its anxiety by curbing its long-term thinking. It has had little success. Beyond the counter, there are eager eggs that are actually excited to be consumed. They love the idea of both inner and outer transformation. They see things from a very spiritu