At Matti's

i will not mention the brand name
(at Matti's bar)
but a certain half-full bottle of scotch
ceases not to demand my attention
and, with a voice only i can hear, it says:
"Half-full like me you are. But
i am a mere bottle—empty and
discarded by tomorrow's happy hour.
"You fool! You fool! Go back to her
and become complete," it cries
~
©1981/2016 Spiros Zafiris
from Midnight Magic, ISBN: 0-9690643-2-2
Note: in book, Ls6&9 are intended by 3 spaces
and in L7 where there is an em dash, used to be an ellipsis
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