Which of them would
ever say that all they
have to sell is a piece
of fruit gone rotten.
Shriveled and yet
still pale green
with a dying life
made of mold.
They would never
tell you that what
they are selling
is something spoiled.
A piece of fruit
left forgotten,
unfit to be sold,
and ripe with pain.
- Thomas Ligotti, Things They Will Never Tell You
ever say that all they
have to sell is a piece
of fruit gone rotten.
Shriveled and yet
still pale green
with a dying life
made of mold.
They would never
tell you that what
they are selling
is something spoiled.
A piece of fruit
left forgotten,
unfit to be sold,
and ripe with pain.
- Thomas Ligotti, Things They Will Never Tell You
