Stawberries Ready To Be Eaten, Moldy When Not

I've had just enough time to...   let strawberries go to waste...

Taken in my hotel room in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Strawberries

Ready to be eaten

Left the night over

The next morning

Moldy

Who will buy

This wonderful morning?

Such a sky

You never did see! 

Who will tie 

It up with a ribbon 

And put it in a box for me? 

Who Will Buy? - OLIVER

Sweet Fruits, Rough Skins. Which Do I Pick?

I've had just enough time...  to try to pick the sweet fruit from the rough skins

Taken in the town of Bidor on the way home...

I stood there staring

At the fruits

Within easy reach

Which do I pick?

How do you judge

Which is sweet?

When all the sweetness

Is covered

By rough skins?

Appearance is deceiving.

Shall I ask the fruit seller?

I may receive an honest answer

Or I may not...

Part I - The Monkey Holds Its Thorny Fruit.

I've had enough time to...   see the monkey holding the thorny fruit

Taken in a Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The monkey was still holding the fruit when I left.

The monkey holds the thorny fruit

It hurts its hand

But it won’t let go

It does not know what to do

Except it desires it

And it knows not why but

The Monkey holds on to it obsessively

And its blood

Stains the floor

That was how I found the monkey

In the temple

Still holding the fruit

A century after