Old-Fashioned

Heavy in the hand
The composition of the glass
The brew shining, gleaming from its depths
Down it goes – down the hatch
Away with the glass
It shatters and flies
The sands fall into emptiness
The brew once heavy in my hand
Now weighing on my mind

Copyright ©1999 by Sondra L. Schlossberg. All rights reserved.
Published in Poetry the Write Way: Webstatic – First Journey (Sept. 2000)

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