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How To Bake A Pie In 44 Words

While Mum grew salad leaves 
and cherry tomatoes between 
the French marigolds, I made 

sloppy mud pies in an old tin, 
dotted it with blackberries
picked from brambles bushes, 

mostly those level with my 
dog’s lifted back leg.
I was 8. Mum was older.

© Misky 2020 Quadrille #108: 44 words,
excluding the title. Include the word bramble”