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Wine Cellar

From the June/July 2009 Print Edition

I have two barrels of wine stocked in my private store. One’s earthy, one divine; I thirst for neither the more. Nights when I think what sins hold me in others’ debt, a rouge goblet begins to let my mind forget. But when dawn lights the halls and draws my sight outside, a clearer glass . . . . Continue Reading »