My father showed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to eat a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watermelon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the new country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first step was a cut<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clean down the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then a spoonful of excitement<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of a rare, tasty treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we carved out the inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Piece by piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until its shell remained<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Where it was boiled and cut<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diced to feed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three once more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first bite was thoroughly<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bland and bitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A taste that left me longing<\/p>\n\n\n\n For the day that would come<\/p>\n\n\n\n When he brings home a<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watermelon<\/p>\n\n\n\n We eat only once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n My father showed me. How to eat a Watermelon In the new country. The first step was a cut Clean down the middle. Then a spoonful of excitement Of a rare, tasty treat. Then we carved out the inside Piece by piece. Until its shell remained For dinner Where it was boiled and cut Diced … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa867U-Uz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3507\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Peter Chengming Zhang is a Chinese Canadian hospital pharmacist, technology professional, and writer. His works have appeared in national news outlets in Canada such as the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and the National Post. Outside of his academic and professional interests, he enjoys writing poetry and short memoirs. Follow his works on his website: peterczhang.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"