truth serum

<p>(from my collection 'Scotch and Scars')</p> <p><br></p> <p>'truth serum'</p> <p><br></p> <p>i will not diffuse the truth</p> <p>dropping cubes into my scotch</p> <p>dirtying the amber of my reality</p> <p>muddling the legitimacy between us</p> <p><br></p> <p>we could never coexist;</p> <p><br></p> <p>you, cranberry splashes</p> <p>me, neat dollops of the way it is.</p> <p><br></p> <p>#barflypoet</p> <p>#josephapinto</p> <p>www.josephpinto.com&nbsp;</p> <p>© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.</p> <p>*</p> <p>Poetry served to you raw and unedited from the moment crafted;</p> <p>all poetry is older work and chosen at random unless otherwise noted.</p> <p>*</p> <p>‘Scotch and Scars’ and ‘A Distilled Spirit’ in paperback and Kindle ebook at Amazon.</p>