Friday, January 18, 2019

teetotaler


I know that you must leave but before you go
          dance 
                     one last 
                                 across my palate 
                like the finest vintage
                            warm 
                    and mysterious
              heady and rich and rare
                       envelope me 
                     in a tipsy haze 
                 of addled adoration

oh, you would make of me a teetotaler
   for when I have drunk this finite cup
      what spirit could ever tempt me 
          to sip again and overcome 
              lingering perfection 
               with a lesser elixir
                  I would rather
                       abstain
                     altogether 

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