Friday, October 03, 2003

song title / lyrics

"circumcised in gloom"

when ether is detected
in my wells of chardonnay
i remove the bandage
by calling it a day

pale gold is slowly seeping
to the corners of the room
here i sit, uncorked and breathing,
circumcised in gloom

1 comment:

c2677 said...

wine "breathes" when it's out in the open air. it's supposed to be good for it... enhanced the flavor, and then you drink it... the imagery i was going for was how you circumcise the thick foil wrapping on the top of a wine bottle, before uncorking it. and here the subject is identifying with a bottle of chardonnay. as if from self-inflicted wounds, your inner gold is seeping out and draining you. but it's really you circumcising and draining the bottle. as you drink, you are circumcised in gloom. or something.