DRINKING, NOT DRIVING

Words…uncork them

and pour.

Decant them.

Let them breath

in your breath,

let them ripen

in your mouth–with 

every annunciation.

Bring their fruit

forward.

Sip, swish and swill

their flavor. Savor

their finish: the butter,

the briar, and the burn.

Don’t treat them like

like insects

you might meet 

with your

windshield (splat!)

on the Pacific Coast

Highway.

Because you could,

you know. You could.

Drink them in.

Don’t just drive

right through them.