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’