Cocktail

Chatter and a low murmur

Plunging occasionally into a tune,

Lost in dark crystal eyes like space.

Between the sighs and telling laughs,

We, the crowd, swam halfway up

To just right and still so cool-

Bubbly and brownian.

Down the side of your wet wine glass

We, the two, slid slowly down

And dropped into understanding,

Splashing with joy and release
Measured in creases in figures cut and perfect faces

That could not hide resplendent souls

And target gladness, fun and joy.

Wine and cheese and shoes and carpet.

Water, water, we were water

And we drank deep, and drunk

Found a light made in every evil

We loved the moment butterflying

Between flowery pools in impossible life

Hypnotic laugh and overflowing not knowing