Wild Grapes

high-roller purple

"I am picking wild grapes last year
in a field
         dragging down great lianas of vine
tearing at 20 feet of heavy infinite purple..."

                                      Al Purdy The Winemaker's Beat-Etude Wild Grape Wine (1968)

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