Eating Tomatoes with Neruda

Pablo Neruda wrote one of his odes as a homage to the tomato -- invading the kitchen and cavorting salt cellars and olive oil. This art quilt is one of a series based on this ode and my experience visiting the markets of Latin America. He writes, "The street
filled with tomatoes
 midday ,
summer light is
 halved 
like 
a
 tomato,
 its juice 
runs 
through the streets .
In December, 
unabated,
the tomato 
invades 
the kitchen,"