Thursday, July 4, 2013

Blackberry Tunnel


The dirt was clean,
cool in the summer.
if anyone came
they’d think my eyes
were two little blackberries
tucked inside. 

I dreamed up troops of soldiers
marching down the street,
taking families whole,
all but me,
I would hide and survive
eating blackberries. 


                                                                        Cheryl Emerson
                                                                        7/3/2013

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