Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Persistence

morning has broken, like

every morning; another night

lost. The day is born

in a glass. Bottles

dispense disparate liquids

married by the bells

of clinking ice; liquor and juice

swirl through crags--mixing, melting.

nutritious intoxicants are inhaled

and abandoned, freshening the

mouth, burning the stomach.


the deed is done. the drink

is gone. the glass is thrown.

the concoction carries the body;

the house left empty, again.

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