It’s finally high watermelon season in Texas. Lots of folks are probably planning to ice down a juicy melon, and crack it open as part of an Independence Day celebration.
Ode to the Perfect Summer Watermelon
I have thumped your green rind
Listening (as if I had any idea of what I’m
listening for…
Oh, I purely do not)
But!
You sound so sweet
My perfect treat
Crisp and cold and red as a beet
Crack you open, peek inside
Majestic vine-ripened delight
I don’t even need a knife
Just a melon-baller will suffice
Here’s to summer’s homegrown crop
Spit those seeds so the fun doesn’t stop
I’ll enjoy that melon starting at dawn
And wait for the new vines to sprout
across my seed-spitted lawn
Produced by Laura Rice.