Mikula, Bruce

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78 H~<Bl\f~rru iP©IUllrOO ~~gh~ Bruce. Mihd'a. Pop the top . pfff . Squeeze the lemon and watch The juice dribble into the glass . Tip the glass far over and Slide the bottle in deep . Let the beer rise and cover The mouth of the bottle . (Pull it out too soon and You'll have a foamy problem . ) Ease the bottle slowly Out of the glass . The bottle shakes As the liquid glubs out . The beer level rises . While the bottle is slowly Emphasize 'slowly' Pulled out of the glass. The beer stops And foam follows. Pull the bottle out And set it down . Waitress leave it alone . About an ounce resides inside . Let the bottle sit , The foam will settle . A precious half inch Of German pleasure . Take a big sip and Then add the rest . The bottle is empty . Soon also will be the glass . "Hacker-Pschorr Weiss Beer.· Sip it slowly ... or gulp it down . The taste is the same . It's Heaven; Heaven poured right. OIUlr 81Ulrruo1.Bly P~~gr~m.Blg~ ~«:1 Brett J. Cdfey vision shift . north. to the countryplace my brother and i pulling on worn leather work boots (hand-me-as mother cleared the plates of the big dinner that had stirred a warmth in tl of the yellow kitchen all afternoon . as father religiously lit his cigare and big brother and i stomped into the breezeway our pilgrimage for father . . .. to the barn to its basement to the ancient Farm-All tract< aging among the swirling pools c With a dismal faith borne of f we resurrect the tractor and pray that our father . reclined in the warm house . chE to ward off the subtle chil and wistfully old. is sedated by our efforts . Not all is decaying . not all dying ... My brother and i have brougl through our pilgrimage . 

Heaven Poured Right

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Heaven Poured Right

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