Issue 22 - 1992
Issue 22 - 1992
Issue 22 - 1992
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Coe Review • <strong>Issue</strong> <strong>22</strong><br />
Mogan David Wine (serve very cold)<br />
Matt Osing<br />
In order to go to the seminary, and get away from his family<br />
at the age of fifteen<br />
my dad picked peas for tuition money<br />
he sold pints of his own blood, he told me<br />
so that he could buy his books<br />
and become a pastor<br />
And when I was fourteen or so<br />
he confirmed me for holy communion<br />
So I got my first taste of that cup<br />
that chalice<br />
that kneeling<br />
that answer<br />
all that wanting<br />
lining up<br />
and going around the chancel rail<br />
With a wafer of host stuck to the roof of my mouth<br />
I tried to look deeply into that cup<br />
but all I saw was the reflection of my own nose<br />
in the color of the Mogan David wine<br />
that I knew Trinity Lutheran used<br />
You got just enough wine to warm your mouth<br />
like getting your lip busted<br />
during touch football<br />
the taste<br />
there was a way you felt good about it<br />
It made you a better player<br />
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