This is the Summer of Many Imperfect Apples

This is the summer of
Many imperfect apples
Bruised rotten diseased
in places un-fixable

Forty-three or forty-four
First time for every-thing
Cookie Puss® and Fudgie the Whale®
Legends finally revealed

I am of the west so
White Castle
Turkey Hill
Duane Reade never made any sense

Just when it appears I
know every-thing
I still learn anew
and become seventeen again

Last character passing
dead of boredom and overuse
Returning to China
for one man show

Just passing
through to a rest
Returning to roots
for encore and matinee