Ode to a RASPBERRY

The first was a delicious discovery,
So, eagerly I reach
For another late summer raspberry
Alongside the walking path;
Another wild, sweet taste
Of a delicate, moist, read sweetness.
Delicious little raspberry,
You make me salivate.
You know how much I crave you.
Hide not from me still.
Once more, you joy of summer,
One of nature’s free, little thrills.
Oh! gift of our creator,
Let me taste you still.

Cy, 1993?.