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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