* Malbec
I taste the earth, nitrogen...
I love nitrogen; it stirs me,
that’s why I drink wine...
Stir it up, little Malbec...
© Joseph James
7/4/16
* Cedar Waxwing
You just might be the most handsome bird I ever laid my spectacled eyes on…
I remember the day I watched you, that warm summer day,
We were in fact both eating the raspberries, the ones that seemed a little over ripe…
I was sipping my Malbec, you were going at the nectar, I could have watched you all month…
Yet that would not be possible in these days, at least for my species…
Say, where do you have to go? What’s that you did not say: nowhere?
I could have guessed, it must be cool to hang out by the fermented fruit…
What’s that you did not say: you’re having problems flying? Me too!
For me it is the Malbec, for you the fruit…
We do not have to guess who will fly when the fermented fruit wears off…
It has been nice being grounded with you…
© Joseph James
5-26-10
*A few lines for man and bird, it is known that the beautiful Cedar Waxwing sometimes eats so many fermented berries ,it is unable to fly, for a time...
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