Pineapple Reduction

This morning, I cut a pineapple 

and couldn’t remember why 

I thought of you. Did we 

use it as a codeword, 

was there a joke we used

To make?  And weren’t 

you supposed to be 

the one with the 

cleaver? Even 

now, years 

later, I am 

losing 

pieces 

of you.