[the Writing of Kuypers]
At the parent’s house
and then I realized
she added them to her champagne
but she was eating
that’s what I hear
but I was snarfing blackberries
and I stared at the label
but
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Where the Blackberries
Janet Kuypers, 09/04/06 #3
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they had blackberries left over
they’re my favorite fruit, you know
and when they reminded me
there were still blackberries in the refrigerator
I found them
and snarfed maybe over half of them down
that carton of blackberries
that label I saw
and read
was from the blackberries
my mom was adding
to her champagne
and the champagne
wasn’t champagne she liked
Cooks, or something like that
so I hear she ate the blackberries
out of her glass
so her blackberries
were soaked in cheap champagne
from the carton of blackberries
my mother was eating from
the night before she died
on that carton
wondering if she looked at that carton
or if dad pulled the blackberries out
for my mother’s champagne
for her to eat
that was irrelevant
because she ate from these
and I was eating from them
like they were my favorite fruit
and nothing else in the world mattered
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