Scattered Sheets [Awaken by Surprise]

INTOXICATED

By Elbert Maceda

The smell fluctuates my heart;

It gives life to endless hurt.

Then tears would soon come and burst,

‘til it’s o’er and some light appears in sight.

                                      

The dose then kicks my nerves;

So my lungs expand to feed its thirsts.

Though my mind is all in crescendos,

‘til the hapless strength wanes, and then wholly dies…

The transparent glass energizes my body;

Shoulders shiver and body wiggles.

It feels like moving but not moving at all,

Even if the eyes are closed, the images distort.

I love thee oh brewed liquor that blurs my vision;

Which soothes my throat and reserves my gut,

That one’s lust arouse and hides may not

‘til make love is nothing, but the only thing that’s left to do.

Oh bottle! Oh bottle! To you I cry:

Fill me with throttle and whip your buckle.

Let it be kept and hauled inside me,

(That “the ol’ nave and transept” is strong and dangly erected.)

So to end the day intoxicated – and tomorrow’ll be intoxicating once more.