http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/egbadihian en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/egbadihian/red <p>Red</p> <p>its warmth surrounds me now</p> <p>in the confines of the dining room</p> <p>where companionship grows stronger</p> <p>as we share a meal at the end of every day</p> <p>Red</p> <p>burnt like the earth of the mesas,</p> <p>dry and soft to the skin, in a valley</p> <p>of pear cactus and rattlers, south</p> <p>of the twisted short juniper</p> <p>and water-thieving cedar</p> <p>Red</p> <p>wine flavored with nutty sweet enticings</p> <p>derived from long-houred picking migrants</p> <p>housed in shanty shelters in sun-beaten,</p> <p>cool-breezed Napa valley, in want</p> <p>of the wine and meat at our table</p> <p>Red</p> <p>Our glasses raised, rose petal</p><p><a href="http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/egbadihian/red">read more</a></p> http://legacy.iranian.com/main/blog/egbadihian/red#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:19:36 +0000 Joli27 177491 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main