The Last Place

In memory of my grandparents-

Louise Deaver Lippman and Theodore Lippman

Mary Julia Moore Mabry and E. Speer Mabry Jr.

Ripe plums are falling, Now there are only seven, May a fine lover come for me, Now while there’s still time. Ripe plums are falling, Now there are only three, May a fine lover come for me, While there’s still time. Ripe plums are falling, I lay them in a shuttle basket, May a fine lover come for me. Tell me his name.

– Confucius