dregs

i drank down
your lies like
a washed-up moonlighter
nursing her
last bottle of sweet wine:
a pinot with
a pretty label and
a bargain-store
price tag whose
finish burned ever
so slightly at the swallow and i
should have known
the morning afters
would more than make
up for the high.

4 thoughts on “dregs

    • glad you dug it :). was looking around at your stuff too; added it to my blog surfer tab–it really resonates with me right now. thanks for stopping by, and for sharing.

      –jsl

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