nearly black knobby fruits,
their juice spilling so easily from thin skins.
I held a branch down while you picked them double-fisted,
dropping them into the empty bottle where they crashed,
spurting tiny jets of juice.
The girls ate them by the handful,
stuffing the dark sweet berries into their small mouths,
purple smears like bruises blooming on their hands, legs, cheeks.
We had hoped for ice cream but were foiled,
and returning from that failed trip
we found the trees, dangling their fruit in offering.
We ate, and it was good.
It was very good.
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