Correspondence

Jack Daniels
Sour Mash Whisky

in a hotel mini bar-size version
plastic
but just as wretched and godawful
as you recall
and yet you send it rushing down your
throat
hoping it will chase away demons
(or dreams -
you do not know)

Do not ask questions
to which you are not prepared
to hear the answer.

No good comes
from moments of bravery
followed by eons
of fear.