Got 0? The Apple and "Improv"

Photo by Abhijit Tembhekar from Mumbai, India
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I'm beginning my series of "Got 0?" articles with the versatile apple.

If you love apples, then embarking upon a lifestyle change can be easier and certainly much more satisfying with this 0 points food in your arsenal.

The Apple must surely be a worldwide favorite, given its great number of varieties. If you hang out in the produce aisle of the grocery store, you will notice more space devoted to the apple than any other fruit or vegetable.

Varieties of apples with concise descriptions

While the above list seems fairly comprehensive, I did not see a recent discovery that I made.

About a month ago, an unusual variety called "Jazz" caught my eye. At $2.49 a pound, I wasn't about to fill a bag full of them, but I was game to try one ($1.54!!!).

This variety not only looked different, but it also smelled unlike the other varieties, more like a perfumy honey.

Being an avid Jazz fan, I also loved its name, so I decide to write a haiku about the Jazz Apple, one of the most difficult haiku I have ever written.

While I'm happy with the resulting three lines (17 syllables), I almost like my process of writing it even better, even though it's messy and meandering, much like jazz improvisations, and I'd like to share it with you:



Improv

Jazz
At the produce aisle
Charlie Parker lite.

Jazz
Fat apples, orangy yellow
One apple dropped in a plastic in a bag
At the scale, $1.54

Jazz
Fat apples, orangy yellow, slight
blush of red rose
$2.49 a pound

Jazz
Rosé
Perfume of rose and sugar
Leaning pyramid of obsession

Tony Jazz
Temptation
One jazzy rift
Dropped into cello bag.
At the scale:
$1.54

Painted Jazz
Orange yellow, rosy blush
The apple
Jazz in oil

Jazz in oil
Blows yellow, rosy blush
Charles Ward

Jazz
A painted apple
orange-yellow, a lady's blush
Unsafe sax in oil

Apple Impressario
Glazed orange-yellow, touch of blush
Jazz

Jazz
The apple's palette
Glazed shined orange yellow, rift touch rift riff
Unsafe sax,--Encore
Encore, unsafe sax
Sax--ENCORE!

This apple's palette
Jazz (Dear Advisor)
This apple's palette canvas
Orange yellow, riffs of blush
Taste of sax--ENCORE!

This apple's canvas:
Orange-yellow strokes, riffs of blush
Taste of sax--Encore

This apple's canvas:
Orange-yellow strokes, riffs of blush
Taste of sax--Encore!

This apple's canvas:
Orange-yellow strokes, riffs of red
Taste of sax--Encore

This apple's canvas:
Orange-yellow strokes, riffs of red
Taste of sax--ENCORE!

Jazz
This apple's canvas
Riffs of red, orange-yellow strokes
Taste of Sax--ENCORE!

Okay, then.

Jazz
This apple's canvas:
Riffs of red, orange-yellow strokes
Taste of Sax--ENCORE!

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