“strong and happy, we're not afraid.”
Everything We Do - Peter Meinke | Chilled, Sparkling Reds
The Poem
Everything We Do - Peter Meinke
Everything we do is for our first loves
whom we have lost irrevocably
who have married insurance salesmen
and moved to Topeka
and never think of us at all.
We fly planes & design buildings
and write poems
that all say Sally I love you
I'll never love anyone else
Why didn't you know I was going to be a poet?
The walks to school, the kisses in the snow
gather as we dream backwards, sweetness with age:
our legs are young again, our voices
strong and happy, we're not afraid.
We don't know enough to be afraid.
And now
we hold (hidden, hopeless) the hope
that some day
she may fly in our plane
enter our building read our poem
And that night, deep in her dream,
Sally, far in darkness, in Topeka,
with the salesman lying beside her,
will cry out
our unfamiliar name.
The Beverage
Chilled, Sparkling Reds
Why don’t we drink more of these? I first had Lambrusco at 2Amy’s in Cathedral Heights in DC, which I adore. (Both 2Amy’s and Lambrusco, so it’s okay that the syntax is a bit vague there.)
This weekend, I enjoyed a glass of sparkling Gragnano back at ol’ fave 2Amy’s on Friday. And last night ordered a glass of Lambrusco at hot new ramen spot Haikan. We were eating dinner after 9pm! So cosmopolitan! The Lambrusco was…rosé? It was still good, but I was really looking for something a little darker.
I think I like sparkling, chilled red wine because the Champagne/Prosecco/Cava variety of sparkling wines give me terrible hangovers, but bubbles are fun and festive! Sparkling drinks are fun and for parties! That’s why I drink so much sparkling water, too! Party all day! Party all the time!