In the park beneath the trees
A dark-eyed boy with black hair stands
And picks the bright red mulberries
With graceful movements of his hands.
On his tongue the forgotten taste
Of antique times and distant lands
He plucks the shadows from the leaves
To shade the sun of desert sands.
Memory feasts in gold-stitched shade
Tongue-tipped sorbets on silk divans
And sweet berries beneath cool canopies
Of sedately sailing caravans.

