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In a Greek Taverna.(Poem)

Quadrant

| January 01, 2006 | Makofske, Mary | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
IN A GREEK TAVERNA 
 
   Food here is layered as civilizations. 
   Phyllo leaves stacked and mortared 
   with butter crisp and gold as leaves 
   that fall now, but much thinner, 
   more like leaves of the Bible, or some other 
   text brittle with age and study. Underneath 
   lies spinach, green as spring that waits 
   under autumn's leaves, and under every text 
   we have devised. See how more phyllo, 
   changed by what's come after, appears 
   again at the bottom of this excavation, 
   as war or peace, or wind or water's 
   vengeance cycles through our lives. 
 
   Spanakopita, moussaka, souvlakia-- 
   not only history's vast sweep, but 
   kitchen time, ...
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