A drunkards tale

My back broke on a sunny windless day,
guzzling cheap Chilean wine
from a plastic cup,
filled with ice to
drown

the harsh, acidic rasp of red;
a bucolic, celebratory red
the red of amaryllis and Christmas.

Repetition brings the remember thought clearer,
that;

memories of this pleasure still,
hold me ransom in
garnet and gold cages.