2024-08-23

Alcoholism 1 (Minqi of A Bathroom——Han Dynsasty)

Somehow, the mullet breached the sea wall
To terrorize the neighborhood with their squelching——
Constantly sucking debris into their maws,
And the endemic AC hum isn’t helping.

Another night sat illicitly,
As the school sought to swallow
One half of symmetry.
Reflected on the lake within the hollow

Was a brightly lit home partitioned by palm.
Subtle piano notes sounded about the air,
But those frenzied fish disquited the calm—— 
A thought was inserted: it wasn’t fair

That nobody told Narcissus
That what he saw was something other.
And nobody told the fishes
That algal blooms them would smother.

And nobody told me
That Dionysus snuck in through the back.
All was handled it seemed,
‘Til suddenly resounded a whack!

Thence were two figures——
One kneeled over, the other holding her up;
Fall risks misfigured
When none have wine left in the cup.

How could one even bring a pinecone to South Flordia?
Now that is dedication!
It was an ironic miracle, like the menorah,
That he withstood inebriation.

Why’s it matter to have burning oil anyway?
I’d rather have fish and bread——and drink!
Whence he laughed——rod and staff would stay
As I spewed $350 into the sink.