Moscow Tea

(for Muni)

by T.P. Wilkinson / March 13th, 2022

In lamplight gleaming

gently from the ceiling
vibrate the words
that light the feeling
that cool the vapor
in tea tears steaming
your cheeks, your hand,
in lamplight gleaming
was it real
or only dreaming.

T.P. Wilkinson, Dr. rer. pol. writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is author of Unbecoming American: A War Memoir and also Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..

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