Melissa Garcia Criscuolo
What Red Wine Reminds Me Of
Adulthood. Snobbery and sophistication.
Transmuted symphonies inside of glass
that bloomed upon his mouth, his fragrant lips.
I Love Lucy. Roman and Greek libations.
His undershirts with stains from Friday nights'
Chianti and pizza dinners. Bitter grapes
that we plucked from some Napa vines and tasted.
Maturity. Dark chocolate. Sharing flights
of cabernets, merlots and zinfandels.
The Stanford professor turned Calistoga vintner.
Our picnics of meat and cheese. The coldest winter
we married and danced ourselves drunk. Tangles
of grapevine, of legs. Bouquets of cherry, black pepper,
currant. Water colored sunsets together.
Prayer
after George Herbert
Prayer: mercy rising through the mist;
Enlightenment through quiet contemplation;
Help, a father's dream, a mother's wish;
The calmness sought in silent observation;
The sinner's medium, a final chance,
The unabashed dialogue of hope;
Children's laughter; liturgical dance;
Heartbeats; the ability to cope;
Revelation, rapture, recognition;
Sun showers; twilight; a beggar's plea;
God's commandments coming to fruition;
Grace floating from clouds; apology;
Thanksgiving, repentance; singing twice;
meditation; giving; sacrifice.
Fray
We don't fit together
like married people do;
your brightness dulls my senses and I don't
want to
understand the terms
of your rhetoric;
my lexicon is too contracted for
your polemic.
I'm tired of always listening.
You don't make dinner plans
or graze my neck with your hot breath. Please try
to understand
we're made of different cords
not meant to intertwine;
the interstices in your intent were more
than just a line.
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