Apples, key to so many myths and old stories, were common in southern Illinois. Fruit from orchards there was shipped by rail into nearby cities. Before my time, things changed away from local produce, and then again with supermarkets. But the apple is still one of the first things you see when you step into a grocery store.
“To possess the apple, you must take it from a tree you’ve planted” appears in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Ecotone, and you can read it here on Verse Daily.
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Angie Macri 