I love my neighbors' blackberry bushes.

Thorny green branches - - 
white flowers, but no berries. 
The blackbirds will wait.

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Thorny branches stray 
over the old gray fence - - 
no blackberries yet.

First Conversation with the Blackbird

Blackbird, I warn you:
those blackberries are still tart!
I check them daily.

Don't worry, Blackbird.

Don't worry, Blackbird.
There are enough ripe berries
for both of us.