“But I know there are rules that cannot be broken.”
In November - Lisel Mueller | Mikkeller Berliner Weisse Pineapple
The Poem
In November - Lisel Mueller
Outside the house the wind is howling
and the trees are creaking horribly.
This is an old story
with its old beginning,
as I lay me down to sleep.
But when I wake up, sunlight
has taken over the room.
You have already made the coffee
and the radio brings us music
from a confident age. In the paper
bad news is set in distant places.
Whatever was bound to happen
in my story did not happen.
But I know there are rules that cannot be broken.
Perhaps a name was changed.
A small mistake. Perhaps
a woman I do not know
is facing the day with the heavy heart
that, by all rights, should have been mine.
The Beverage
Mikkeller Berliner Weisse Pineapple
I bought a bunch of bougie ciders and fruity beers at a little store that I love in upper upper northwest DC yesterday. This one was really good!! I just wrote something else tonight so now I am too lazy to write this newsletter. SORRY WHATEVER GUYS. Love ya. Also this poem! Oh man. It's one of my favorites. Gets me right in the gut.