Cider

 

Thinks about cider
as if he were diabetic
thinking of chocolate,
or maybe a bag of donuts;
already his hands tremble
and his mouth is spit free.

Eyes - frog eyes with liquid glaze
on the lily pad of his face
rocking as if in disturbed water.
Hands reach and grip
tightly a brown bag
around the green neck of the bottle.

The audience smirks secretly
at his attempt to slide into obscurity.
Everyone knows his habitual disgrace -
it clings to him like body odour.
He sits, drinking, muttering curses
rich in his oblivion.