Andy Humphrey
Red Wine is Dangerous
Red wine is dangerous.
Red wine is too many parties,
Late night poetry,
A celebration on the children’s playground at midnight.
Red wine is an aftertaste that leaves me wanting more.
White wine is safe.
White wine is comfort and companionship,
The laugh and the sparkle of glasses.
White wine is cooking pasta in a kitchen that’s too small,
Lighting the gas oven with a match it took too long to find.
White wine is staying up too late watching “Xena”,
And falling half asleep in the small hours,
Talking and laughing at nothing very much.
Telling silly stories.
Red wine is dangerous.
Red wine is too many kisses,
And too many afterthoughts about one kiss too many.
Red wine is candlelight and incense,
Thomas Lang on the stereo,
Songs and crazy dreams.
Red wine is lovers’ lipstick
And it always leaves my lips purple.
AJH (7th March 2000)
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