One Another
Olga Rosales
we swim bayou
through distilled rye wheat and potatoes
distilled grain malt juniper berries
wandering we fall down
Waterford crystal
built on stems
drinking up our promise
I am in cave
barrels fill
my loud mouth soup
and my date
pretends this
rockstar complex
is a.o.k.
I remind him
no pedestal
no need to fall off
disgracefully
because I am not your savior
I just met mine
He spends his time
crushing grapes
flattening sugar sustenance
I need for tears
I need for life
replacing while de-stemming
All that keeps me from him
the ultimate decanting...
And it won’t rub off
I will fail you
I fail him
so just simmer
fizzle in tonic
through a winter
of your discontent
and these will be the best of times
soaring eagle weaving these
stars and stripes mid-flight
and all the barley in Britain
will not tell a story
you’ve never bothered to learn
who are you?
sure as shit
someone looking for something
and aren’t we all
at the bottom of these bottles
looking for tinges of fruit
and legs that hang on goblets
long enough to seduce
taste buds into belief
we really exist
for nothing more
than
just
one
another?
no...
I don’t believe that
...decant us
God
