"The Last of the Wine" - lyrics by Rod McKuen

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This is a poem/song I used to be obsessed with... I found it in a random library book during a poetry project in 8th grade. I hope you enjoy it just as much as I did! The poet really does deserve the credit :)

The Last of the Wine

I lie here in a hundred small ways

From voices calling my name down nameless hallways

And the clock keeps ticking eating up the time

And I'm down to the last of the wine

My stomach growling at the movement my hand makes

I'm reaching out toward the disappearing hand shapes

And the room keeps turning slowly in my mind

And I'm down to the last of the wine

And I crawl on my belly through the night

And the dream of dying in the sunlight.

As unseen shadows in the burning start to harden

I rise up singing to the angel in my garden.

Some dark and different angel of another kind

And I'm down to the last of the wine.

And the angel never taught me to pray

And I die with the dying of the day.

Rod McKuen

Let's all give a round of applause (and votes) for Rod McKuen!! Rod, if you're reading this, you are a wonderful artist that deserves more attention :)

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