SOMETIMES
I'm talking about the things in the WORLD
& POTENTIALLY
it might be stressful
if you think
I'm really trying to SAY
SOMETHING else
I'm TRYING here
I can't figure out HOW to articulate it
& I'm NOT sure
if it WILL
BUT
I bought a PAPAYA
I LIKE papaya-- I like it a lot
I USED to eat it regularly
BUT
I haven't had it for a WHILE
it wasn't RIPE when I bought it
& it's ALWAYS this
DANCE
because REALLY RIPE
SEEMS
to be SO CLOSE to
skin broke open, attracting flies*
*which is the exact right time to eat it, but maybe not the exact moment you want to eat it
SO
I was ready to EAT
the PAPAYA
& it LOOKED ready enough, ya KNOW
& I'm all used to CANTALOUPES butchery
& I was SURPRISED at
HOW
HARD it was to
PEEL
the INSIDE was RIPE ENOUGH
BUT
the outer third was
FIRM ENOUGH
to need a PARING knife
BUT NOT
reliably rigid enough
to feel SAFE using a paring knife
AND
the PAPAYA
wasn't RIPE ENOUGH to
just enjoy
it's NOW gonna be a side dish with fish
which will be fine
BUT
NOT*
*I'm trying to think of a new good word for the thing you really want a thing to be, like not sub-optimal in any way
