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The "robe" can be understood as one's public persona, the social identity -- the ego.
Wine is the drink of blissful union with the Beloved, something not understood by those caught up in religious dogma and formalities.
So we can read these two lines as telling us to abandon the ego, and discover the bliss of union.
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2011 by Ivan M. Granger.
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