Halfway Vessel

 

If my glass is halfway, where is the other half?

Has it already been consumed, or is it yet to be?

If the taste and the smell is bitter and rancid

The contents are soon discarded as the glass becomes empty and 

flaccid

but if sublimely palatable, that seductive glass of mine

becomes the ultimate temptation for me, but shall not last

as the halfway point is fleeting when the bottom comes up fast.

 

© David Girard 25/10/20

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