Salvatore Ala Biography

We spoke wine-press "purple words"
Blending with wine-makers' voices
Splashing purple across work floors.
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Trees walk out to sea,
Waters encircle them like floating barrels.
Tall mastheads with green sails cross the sun.
Thick lateral roots act as rudders.
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I could not save the final shot.
It flew beyond mind and body;
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The best thing about fishing with dad
Was not catching anything all day
And yet going home together fished out,
With more fish stories and time shared
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Perhaps I should learn a language
And speak to my wife
In elementary phrases
Like her elementary piano chords.
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