Just when I was
Utterly without mirth
I found a bottle of it
Lying on your couch
And you were drinking amply
In the way most men do
You looked sweetly ragged
After a day so long
Full of hard realities
I think I gave you a look
To say, you’re not alone
In your head, you know
And it was silent but very loud
Like the thunder of a kiss
And in the moment your eyes
Reached out and locked with mine
You deactivated my circuits
Leaving the soul detached
And leaving me open
For interpretation
When I sat across from you
It was like being melted out of
An ice berg by a quiet sun
And your eyelashes and beautiful mouth
Were more liquor than I could possibly hold.
In the morning, the hangover
Was deep and vast as a canyon
And burned like coal in my eyes.
And I knew it wasn’t leaving
For a very long time.
Copyright 2003.