S BEND

S BEND

tempting fate

red, white,
           rose,
de noir

still,
     sparkling, on
an
S
   bend, we drank
glass after glass

laughed, toasted your
many romantic successes and
odd disaster
    (so few
and far between)
                     crazy highs and
scarcely worth
speaking of lows

including that one
burned into memory, so
crushing,
   irretrievable

I will need a lot more wine
to go there this day