bending a fifth
string-

gushing sedimental
sentiment

in company of
critics

i seldom know
what not
to say,

deeply content with
incomplete-

despite fleeting need
to patch old
wrongs-

to wander where i
don’t belong.

no whimpers heard
through
glass,

wettest of the warning
labels worn
off,

did i blame
gravity

while refusing
oxygen?

i pass the
mask-

we syphon
tank

of drawn a
blanks

empties
fast.