Sunday, April 05, 2015

NAPOWRIMO #5: WELL-STRAINED

For 2015's National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), Troy's Work Table is writing thirty poems in thirty days.

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WELL-STRAINED

They promised us
a rich feast.

For throats that
can barely swallow—

well-strained wine
mature wine

well-strained soup
marrowed soup

food that is feast
not death.

This final meal
nourishes

such that it is
not a last supper.

Soon: a hand
that cannot raise

a spoon may
do so once more.

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