A Curtailed Summer

My response to Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Writing Prompt #169 “Collage Special Edition”   That year of our childhood, We picked berries, Squeezed their shiny plumpness Until their blood ran red. Intoxicated by the bitter sweetness And our summer freedom, We tottered down to the mill pond And clambered on the abandoned Lichen-stained waterwheel, Anchored in a snarl […]