CAUGHT ON SEPTEMBER’S
BLACKBERRY HOOK
HER HANDS REACH OUT
FOR THE SWEET DARK FRUIT;
WHOLLY UNDER
THE BLACKBERRY SPELL,
“HURRY UP LIESELOTT,
IT IS LATE.” (PLENTY
OF TIME! SHE
FEIGNS DEAF AND DAWDLES.)
OLD WOMAN TASTING
THE LAST OF THE FRUIT,
IN SUNNY OBLIVION,
IN A STILL BRIGHTNESS.
GERDA MAYER, ‘LIESELOTT AMONG THE BLACKBERRIES’
