Third Trip to Rehab

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Third Trip to Rehab Christine Penko (bio) Vaster than a hundred lines of Yeats robert bly The vineyards spread along the California interstate, shape themselvesinto fold of hills—staked, orderly, green—between the frameof golden, lion-backed ridges. San Miguel, King City, Greenfield— the vines give way to walnut orchards, lines of kale. Our conversationdrifts— Soledad, Gonzales, Chualar—pickers bent in the fields: What more can be said? Stevenson's rhyme runs over and over in my head. The world is so full of a number of thingsa white crane, stand of eucalyptus— I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings. You take my hand, look off into some distance.As we come up on Salinas—pale gray scarves of cloud and light. [End Page 48] Christine Penko Christine Penko is the author of Thunderbirds. Her work can also be found in many journals and anthologies under the name Christine Kravetz. She is passionate about bringing the benefits of poetry to the children of Santa Barbara County where, for almost twenty years, she has taught poetry writing in Santa Barbara's public and private schools. Copyright © 2018 University of Nebraska Press