there is always something that happens
to make a drunk look like an imbecile
rather than smart, smart!

well, so be it
as long as it is no more complicated
than taking my shirt off
and sopping it up

so i do
blue meets red
on the thread of dead lacquered wood
no one knows the obvious

a wedding
his family gathers near
children appear

i hear a girl in the background
and nearly roll my eyes into her
at the attempt to make childhood last in 2012
im typing and sipping

i toast to you little one
make it count
for me too