-sojourner-
not
like Venus
rising, or
the stone of the
Nike.
not
like Nefertiti
a thousand olives in her skin
and African
jewels
around her throat, or
no such history
no such myth ––
strike of stone, olive
or amethyst —
but warm-
blooded
she drew my draft of Schlitz
into a pilsner from behind the bar, the white
but warm-
blooded
she drew my draft of Schlitz
into a pilsner from behind the bar, the white
foam rising, harnessed at the rim
on a winter's night a long, long time ago.
on a winter's night a long, long time ago.
for Linda Bauer, the Del Rio Bar, Ann Arbor
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