delirium

the little pink elephants
on delirium beer glasses
are the perfect gatekeepers to a good time

they promise titillating memories,
cheap thrills — guaranteed cliches
at the bottom of a golden dusty blonde

little pink elephants
beckoning to you
to drink
to forget
to forgive
the world for not giving you more
when you needed it

for not giving it to you hard
when you wanted it

for playing hard to get
on sidewalk chalkboards
whispering
come in
come in
come in

2.11.15