sweet blackberries

the sign says

sweet blackberries. I can read English.

so I buy
three small plastic containers.

ten dollars. whether that's low
or high,
who knows.

but they are black and ripe,
plump would be the word
to use.

they look delicious in the cold
light
of the supermarket

at this late hour.

but sweet.
oh my.

hardly. I pucker my lips
and look

for the sugar bowl when
I get
home

and pop one into my hungry mouth.