Apples.
About a week ago, I was tearing my house apart in a desperate search for my Angels and Airwaves ticket. It was a sold out show, and I had been so excited to go. In my search, I found the essay I had written for my English 12 Provincial exam. At the time I thought I was being extremely clever, hinting at sex while writing about apples. Now it’s not very well disguised at all, but it still managed to get me 98%. Which was my best English grade ever. Now you can enjoy it as much as my teacher did.
There are many types of relationships. Some relationship are about being open and having a good time, while others remain scholarly in nature. People have relationships with cars, computers, cable TV, and will devote more caring to these than people. However, one of the most intimate, yet most overlooked relationships is between a person and an apple.
No one ever just chooses some random apple any more than they would choose a random person to form such a close bond with. From previous encounters they know that they don’t want an apple that is too young, and therefore, too unwilling to yield to a craving. Yet if the apple is too old for their taste, too ripe, they lose the pleasure that exists in devouring it’s firm, untouched flesh; instead it instantly folds under their teeth releasing a too-sweet juice that remains as a reminder to their poor choice.
As in all relationships, a person must select carefully the proper time to advance, to eat this apple and be satisfied with it. Even beyond choosing the apple to suit a particular taste is the very process of enjoying it. Everyone has a different method of making the best of such a memorable union. Some savour the fruit one bite at a time, enjoying the experience of the treat crunching under their inscissors while simultaneously having the juice trickle down their throat. Other people know that for themselves, pleasure exits primarily in a series of short, swift bites that soon leave a gash around the apple. Of course, there is an occasion where an experimental individual will induce a new technique to ingest the apple and learn that this new style is more sensational than the last, forever teaching them that change can be beneficial.
Finally, no one appreciates intruders into this intimate development between themselves and their snack. The pleasurable explosions of sweet flavour lingering on their tongue is considerably diminished if they realize their mouth hasn’t been the only one on this fruit. Such knowledge breaks the trust between them and their treat, bringing about jealousy and the fear that it’s other partner had a virus or contagious disease.
The experience between a person and their apple are much overlooked, yet they affect the way people choose and savour their next one in much the same way two people may affect each other. Particularly good moments are remembered, while the bad ones servce as valuable lessons. Enjoy eating such an intimate fruit: it’s a bigger life influence than expected.
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