Red Onions

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Red onions, Leonardo said, 
Surpass most paintings 
In beauty — their beauty 
Or fairness, as it’s called as well —
Fairness, which is also known 
As justice, a balance,
a fair distribution —
And likewise injustice, unfairness 
is ugly: the thousands of bodies
of dolphins rotting 
Up and down the coast of France, 
The slums of the planet, 
For what
The stripped seas?
How many onions can one person eat?

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Elliot Sperber is a writer, attorney, and adjunct professor. He lives in New York City and can be reached at elliot.sperber@gmail.com and on twitter @elliot_sperber.