AN ESTIMATE OF MISSING WEIGHT

When you look at

an empty

pair of scales,

you can roughly see

what they can bear

or what they might

give way to

perhaps the both

of these

at once.

Really, it’s possible to lay

something on top.

Look at that,

the shadow of a

tomato,

that wasn’t even

what you had

planned.

The tomato itself is fine, too.

You’d rather guess?

A banana: a tangerine:

an apple: a grape:

an orange:

What weighs the most,

what weighs the least?

Then put the pair of scales

back on the shelf with

the tomato

on top

then just see

tomorrow

whether the fruit

gained any weight

overnight.