HUMS IN A HAND THE HAND IS BROAD AND PINK OUTSTRETCHED IN FRONT OF FACE AND PEER INTO THE HAND UPTURNED AND STRETCHED YOUR FACE WHICH PEERS EACH FINGER STRETCHED FINGERS APART AND STRETCHING AWAY THE PALM THE SKIN IS STRETCHED AND IN ITS CENTRE THE CENTRAL HOLE THE UPTURNED PALM OF HAND STRETCHED STARFISH UPTURNED AND FACING TOWARDS FACE WHICH PEERS IN CENTRE OF THIS PALM A STONE A SMALL STONE SMOOTH AND CLOUDY ORANGE JUICE WITH MILK A SMALL PLANET DUSTY BUT POLISHED AND SMOOTH AND SHINING IN YOUR PALM YOU LOOK YOU PEER YOUR GLASSES SLIDE DOWN YOUR NOSE YOU SQUINT THROUGH GLASS TO INSPECT THIS STONE THIS TINY PLANET WHICH YOU HOLD IN YOUR PALM. IT'S WARM. YOUR PALM IS WARM ABOUT 37 DEGREES CELCIUS BUT IN THE PALM THE STONE FEELS WARM BY COMPARISON MEANING LIKELY THE STONE IS FAIRLY WARMER THAN 37 DEGREES CELCIUS MAYBE 43 OR 45 WHO IS TO KNOW BUT THE STONE FEELS WARM IN YOUR PALM LIKE A FRESH EGG BUT SMALLER MUCH SMALLER IT'S SMALLER THAN A CHICKEN EGG COULD BE THE SIZE OF A SMALLER EGG A QUAIL PERHAPS OR OTHER EGG AN OVULE OF A FRUIT IF FRUIT WAS WARM HAD BEEN SITTING A WHILE UNDER SUN BEHIND PANE OF GLASS A FRUIT SAT ON WINDOWSILL AND APRIL SUNSHINE BLASTING THROUGH WARMS FRUIT TO BODY TEMP OR HIGHER EVEN THE SENSATION OF BITING INTO HOT FRUIT UNFAMILIAR AND BODILY INSIDE THIS FRUIT THERE ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 10 OVULES IT'S GOOD TO PLAY A GAME TO GUESS HOW MANY WILL BE INSIDE WHAT LUCK WHAT LUCK TO FIND YOUR FAVOURITE NUMBER OR YOUR AGE OR THE DATE WE ARE AT TODAY WHAT LUCK TO FIND SOME CONNECTION WITH THE OVULES THE OVULES THEY'RE BROWN AND SMOOTH NOT DISSIMILAR TO STONE IN PALM THEY'RE BROWN AND FLECKS OF WHITE AND SHINY LIKE THEY'VE BEEN POLISHED LIKE CHESTNUT AND THIS FRUIT BEHIND THE GLASS THEN IN YOUR HAND AND IN YOUR TEETH YOUR TEETH BITE INTO /SLIDE THROUGH ORANGE FLESH THE ORANGE FLESH OF THIS FRUIT IS SOFT LIKE MELON OR PERSIMMON ITS SKIN IS THIN IT HAS NOT MUCH TASTE TO IT REALLY A SLIGHTLY ORANGE FLAVOUR BUT NOT ORANGE THE FRUIT BUT ORANGE THE TASTE IF YOU CAN THINK THE TASTE OF ORANGE BUT DIVORCE IT FROM THE TASTE OF ORANGE THE FRUIT YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS MIGHT BE THAT I TRY TO SAY I IMAGINE IN TRYING TO IMAGINE THIS TASTE OF ORANGE THE COLOUR BUT NOT THE CITRUST FRUIT THE IMAGINED TASTE IS HAZY, UNCLEAR, NOT STRONG, QUITE MILD, SLIGHTLY BLAND AND YES ! EXACTLY THIS IS HOW THE FRUIT TASTES AND WARM IT'S WARM IN THE MOUTH HOW STRANGE A FRUIT BUT WARM WHEN YOU BITE AND RIGHT IN CENTER OF THIS FRUIT YOU NIBBLE TOWARD RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THIS FRUIT THERE ARE BETWEEN 3 AND 10 OVULES CONTAINED BY CONTAINED BY CONTAINED BY MEMBRANE THERE'S MEMBRANE HOLDING 6 OVULES TOGETHER IN A SAC INSIDE THE CENTER OF THIS FRUIT YOU PLACE THEM IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND AND THINK SIX. SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX THE AGE OF SIX WHAT HAPPENED AGE OF SIX WHO WERE YOU AGE OF SIX DO YOU REMEMBER PLAYING WITH FRUIT DO YOU REMEMBER PLAYING WITH STONES DO YOU REMEMBER REMEMBERING PLAYING WITH FRUIT WHEN YOU WERE FOUR AND YOU WERE IN THE GARDEN WITH TWO FRIENDS THEIR MOTHER AND THE SUNSHINE YOU WERE IN THAT GARDEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK AFTER SCHOOL AND YOU PLANTED COUNTLESS APPLE SEEDS AND NONE OF THESE SEEDS EVER GREW INTO TREE OR DID THEY HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO GROW AN APPLE SEED NEVER GOT TO FIND OUT THE FRIENDS THE MOTHER THEY DIED AND YOU VISITED AGAIN THE HOUSE ONE TIME AGAIN AT THEIR FUNERAL AGE SIX SIX NO WAS IT SEVEN MAYBE YOU WERE SEVEN WHEN YOU VISITED THAT HOUSE AGAIN THE WEEK OF THEIR FUNERAL AND THERE STILL WAS NO APPLE TREE BUT YOU THOUGHT OF THE APPLE SEEDS AND PLAYING WITH FRUIT AND NOT SURE DID YOU PLAY WITH STONES BUT ONCE YOU GOT A STONE STUCK IN YOUR KNEE YOU TRIPPED WITH THESE GIRLS RUNNING IN THE CAR PARK WEARING JELLY SHOES TOO BIG FOR YOU PINK GLITTERING JELLY SHOES ONE SIZE TOO BIG AND YOU TRIPPED AND FELL AND YOU GOT TEARS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE AND YOU SAID THIS TO TEACHER IN SCHOOL I HAD TEARS ON MY BIRTHDAY CAKE AND TEACHER THOUGHT YOU SAID TIERS LIKE SAID WOW HOW SPECIAL HOW FANCY A TIERED BIRTHDAY CAKE YOU LIKED THIS RESPONSE SO REPEATED TO MORE AND MORE ADULTS YOU LIKED THIS SLIPPAGE YOU WOULD SAY TEAR AND THEY WOULD SAY TIER AND YOU LEARNED WHAT A TIER WAS AND YOU KNEW WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE LIKE WEDDING CAKE BUT NEVER KNEW THE WORD FOR IT BUT ENJOYED THIS TRICK I WILL SAY TEARS ON CAKE AND THEY WILL THINK TIER AND I WILL SAY OH NO I MEAN TEAR A TEAR THAT YOU CRY OUT YOUR EYE AND THE ADULT WILL SAY OH HOW TERRIBLE YOU POOR THING AND THIS CARE FEELS GOOD SO YOU SEEK IT AND THIS WORD BECOMES A WAY TO RECEIVE IT AND YOU THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK THINK HOW MANY TIERS ON A WEDDING CAKE USUALLY HOW MANY TEARS IN A CRY CRY CRY CRY HOW MANY TEARS GENERALLY IN AN AVERAGE CRY HOW MANY