The Summer in Photos: June 12, 2021

Photo: Gerst

Picking Blueberries, Austerlitz, New York,1957

Once, in summer
in the blueberries,
I fell asleep, and woke
when a deer stumbled against me.I guess
she was so busy with her own happiness
she had grown careless
and was just wandering along

listening
to the wind as she leaned down
to lip up the sweetness.
So, there we were

with nothing between us
but a few leaves, and wind’s
glossy voice
shouting instructions…

Mary Oiver

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