DAYS OF 20 PIES

 

DAYS OF 20 PIES

We would drive to farms and orchards.

We wore masks.

We listened to music

but we were without music ourselves.

These were the days of the temperatures

and burning trees

and plenty smoke

and we made pies.

Two stick double crusted pies.

Rhubarb, sweet cherry, sour cherry, blackberry,

blueberry—and from sunshine itself,

peach—I remember this--

there were 5 peach pies.

We quit counting at 20.

We were grieving and we made pies.

Jim Bodeen

14-15 August 2021