Anatomy of a Bottle
I like to lose my lipstick
on the mouth of a beer bottle.Pick delicately at the label,
usually damp from the sweat that collects.
Excitement hidden
behind a bored face
as I see that maybe
just
maybe
the label will come off clean.If it doesn’t
I feel like my night,
or at least until I get a new bottle,
will be chaotic.The label makes it 2/3rds of the way
then tears
the breath I was holding
comes out in a huff.Another label too stubborn
to come loose
under my careful fingers.
