Much about Figs

Thing of it is, I don't know much about figs
except that they're fruit-- obviously-- and except that
there was something about the texture beneath my fingertips
and the explosion underneath my tongue,
riling excitement in the buds that trembled lips
that made me feel--
that made me think--
that made me love--
and it's true, I don't know much about figs
but maybe that's okay.

I don't know much about life, after all.