1. To unclench is to admit defeat. Defeat of what? What’s let of the apple. It’s open sacredness. Or is it un-clinch? Whatever it isn’t a cinch.

2. A core is poor. Which I abhore. So why not let go? It is the end of the show.

3. But a core demands an Encore. Applause into Applesauce. My mouth knows no bounds and neither does may appetite. I have raped this apple, devoured and ravished its insides. To take it anywhere, such as the trashbin signals an attempt to rid myself of any evidence of my crime. I must pay for my crime. I must pay and the core must stay.

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