Martini Moments
Martini Moments
I
Martinis make me maudlin
Eager to capitulate
To confession
Eschewing reality
In ratio to alcohol
Inversely
Deadly relaxation of
Tension
Time and
Truth
II
A martini is the meter
Of a classic schizophrenic
Simultaneously
Laughing and weeping
Beating back
The clarion call
To confession
III
Martinis crack my cage
Activating covert dreams
Pressing unprotected truth
To my craven lips.
I almost cease to cringe
From the crises of confession.
How we do bash ourselves
Against the bars of our prisons
Analyzing honesty
Into a non-entity.
IV
Martinis can force words
From your throat
Disgorging them past
The triple-knotted garrote
Of discipline
To fling you treacherously
Out of yourself
Untrammeled
Unbounded
Uncontrolled
Free
Cynthia Buell Thomas
Anthony Emmerson
Fri 17th Jul 2009 11:45
Hi Cynthia,
Not being a drinker - apart from the occasional glass of wine, I found these anthems to Martini and its obvious effects fascinating. Alcohol obviously loosens the tongue and the inhibitions - it's the morning after effects I dislike, leaving one both shaken AND stirred! Number IV was my favourite.
Regards
A.E.