Oil on Ampersand gessobord, 5 x 7"
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For Arielle and Maura
My daughters’ small
determined hands
reach through bramble
and
twisted vine
to pull whole bunches
of dusty purple
Concord grapes free
from
the wildness of it.
Itchy arms speckled with tiny cuts,
squatting
in chickweed
and dandelion with
dirty faces and shining hair
to eat wild foraged fruit
in the
summer sun.
Silver reflects and contains,
holds and pours,
remembers.
-Sharon Egan
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