Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BACCHUS, by JACK MERTEN


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BACCHUS, by                    
First Line: The blood of full grapes swells my wooden goblet
Last Line: Before the barred door of eternity.
Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Future Life; Grapes; Wine; Retribution; Eternity; After Life


The blood of full grapes swells my wooden goblet
and my lips drip purple with the stain;
I squat and sip, with jaws and chin dripping
blue drops of bitter sunshine and sweet rain;
while thin passers-by, with cold, dim faces
stare, pale as reeds in the veil of a misty river.

I am the prophet of the grape
who sit begging on the flagged steps
before the barred door of eternity.





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