After work<\/b><\/p>\n
\n
Yes,<\/i><\/p>\n
I still work.<\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After work<\/p>\n I sit in the garden<\/p>\n under the arbor.<\/p>\n It\u2019s late spring<\/p>\n almost May,<\/p>\n early flowers bloom<\/p>\n purple, yellow,<\/p>\n white. As the light<\/p>\n streams through<\/p>\n barren vines,<\/p>\n I sip a glass<\/p>\n of\u00a0vin ros\u00e9<\/i><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0looking<\/p>\n toward the sun<\/p>\n beaming down<\/p>\n from the west, eyes<\/p>\n closed, heat full<\/p>\n on my face,<\/p>\n orange brilliant<\/p>\n behind my lids.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0On this day<\/p>\n I envision<\/p>\n a later life friend\u2014<\/p>\n Giuseppe, Renaldo,<\/p>\n Francesca or Mirabella<\/p>\n coming to join me<\/p>\n dominoes in hand.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After work Yes, I still work. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After work I sit in the garden under the arbor. It\u2019s late spring almost May, early flowers bloom purple, yellow, white. As the light streams through barren vines, I sip a glass of\u00a0vin ros\u00e9 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0looking toward the sun beaming down from the west, eyes closed, heat full on my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":934,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n