Mormon Tea
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چکیده
I.They leftDenmark's ripening wheat fields,crossed moss-covered pathsof England and Wales, forsookthe saturated airof Tennessee to build homeson ground glazed in the open-air kilnof western sun.Called by God,they did not think askfirst peoples for their blessing,and land gave nothing without struggle.But one palatable thing,they learned from Diné,thrived already.So-called Mormon tea.II.I have read bookthey changed lives for. I madethe same promises God.But start my daysby filling kettle, waitingfor whistleand alchemical unionof fermented leaves hot water.I could make those again.I tradedEphedra nevadensis,dust-dwellerof west,for Camellia sinensis,cultivated evergreenof east.III.I remember feeling when friendsstopped living Word of Wisdom—like a thread between ussnapped.They are people still.The men who sent ancestorsto desert still speaking instructionsthrough mouthsof children's children.They cup tea.But God is also.Mormon tea tasted like inside knowledge,peculiar, ferrous.My breakfast tea,color eastern brink,tastes ownripening.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Dialogue
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0242-8962', '1961-8662']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5406/15549399.56.2.13