One More Round Please by Mary Elizabeth Otte

Swiftly leaving
Waters falling
Drips receding
Dry earth calling,
Here, I’m tired,
No more water,
Shimmer shatter
Dry ice
Clatter,
Need some coffee
Pass a filter
No tap water
I’m no drifter.
Wish I hadn’t
Lost my milk
Skin lost silk
The water’s caulk.
Chalky dryness
Takes a likeness
To the cotton
Of my highness
All dried out
My inspiration
Left to hang
In wind exploration.
No destination
Words only tumble
Out of my rumble

I slip and fumble.
Need some fluid
Need fluidity,
Tired lines chopping
Stopping repeatedly.
I’m so damn thirsty.
My well is run dry.
My waters stand stagnant
My words leave in sigh,
I look to
Mountains,
Expect to see moist
For the clouds drip
Like sink unfixed
When I am out
On a stroll.
No where to go.
But to look up,
I see you
Playing Guru
But you’re dry too.
There’s nothing left
In our mouths
That once fell
As we felt
We could feel.
I pray for rain,
Life’s unreal.
What is moist
And unfettered
Where the tap
Never dries.
Where the blue
Mountain Guru
Can hang his head
Wet tears cry?
Order me ale,
Life’s yet too pale
For beloved scotch
Like whisked sea.
Moisten mouths with
Dirty liquid,
Flowing freely
Charged Visa
Hooker Lisa
Drunk cowboys
Wrestle plump toys
Grabbing quick joys
Slurring dumb ploys
Missing beats
I
Lift my drink
My
Dried up life
Can
Only sink,
Boys,
One more round please.

© 2004 by Mary Elizabeth Otte
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