Strawberry Fields

Prominent among
The many blessings
I have had in my life,
Are all the wild
And crazy times
My wife, Cecilia, and I
Had together.
I never will forget
How much fun
We used to have
Doing our annual pilgrimage
To the U-Pick
Strawberry fields
Back in Miami, Florida.
We were charged
By the pound
For any berries
We collected,
But they neglected
To weight us
Before and after
Our expedition.
We probably eat
Four berries
For every one saved.
Those fresh strawberries
Were so irresistibly
Sweet and juicy.
By the time we finished,
We had gorged ourselves silly,
Consuming enough berries
To last us a year.
The pathetic berries saved
Would languish
In our refrigerator,
Collecting mold,
Until someone
Threw them out.
We could easily
Have returned
To the scales
Empty handed
After our day
In the fields,
But that would have violated
Our sense of propriety.