A Single Slice Reveals The Them
by,naomi shihab nye

An apple on the table
hides its seeds
so neatly
under seamless skin.

But we talk and talk and talk
to let somebody
in.





This book relates to ishmael by saying letting people in.Ishmeal needs to learn to let the staff in so they can help him forget about the war and push images away so he can live a happy life.By saying hiding its seeds ishmael hides his pain and fears from everyone including himself and he hides them very well.So I think that if ishmael keeps up with these things eventually he will have to let someone in.