Tonight's Poet Corner: Blackberry Yogurt

Blackberry Yogurt
by Belinda Roddie


Licking lactose
from the bottom of a cup that was
once topped with blackberry yogurt

the sweet
sensation of summer in
bushes grown on a "No
Trespassing" property
with broken down fences

You tempt the last curdle
to slip on your tongue and
set the spoon down to sleep
against the dirty tile

while you smile a maroon-stained smile
and you grab a new cup
and dig in while your mother
scowls nearby