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SIPPING MARGARITAS

I ordered a Margarita because it's large
and I can sip it slow

giving me time to slouch

in my hurricane lamp lit corner booth . ith

and think about little things to pass the lonely time wbootheS
such as hurricane lamps, and Margaritas, and corner
in small town bars.

I could think of carving my initials

like B.J. and G.M·. did . Ie _

the day that G.M. sold his stereo to buy that motorcyc
the one they were gOing to ride off to California on

I could laugh at the goosebumps
on the arm of a sixteen year old boy
as he hands the waitress his fake I.D.
and the way the World stops turning
until she brings it back and brings his beer

I could ponder the POwer of the pyramid
of plastic melon ball shooter cups

that stood for a night as a temporary monument
to the greatness of its incoherent creator

I could marvel at the technical perfection
of the young Puerto Rican waitress

as she maneuvers through the slalom run
of tables, chairs, and nagging come-ons
without Spilling a single drop on her tray

I could remember how good life was umbrella

the way Jenny used to play with her little
pretending she was a Spanish dancer
and I with my napkin

pretending to be a matador . booth
... when we used to sit in our hurricane lamp lit corner
and sip Margaritas
and think about little things

Glenn Meizlesh

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