In the incessant, sweltering
heat of the night,
a silken-cased pillow,
carelessly tossed across the room,
lands upon the metal martini shaker
filled with water on the floor.
No! No!
I gasp, awaking to see the pillow
where I last placed
the dew-laced vessel.
A spill!
Not another spill!
In one gallant swoop
I rip the pillow away,
and to my total amazement,
the metal martini shaker…
…sits upright beneath!!
But before I express
my incredible awe in verbal utterance,
the metal martini shaker teeters,
wobbles,
leans left
and right,
to
and
fro,
and then falls,
emptying it's contents
upon the fleece lining
of my girlfriend's
bedside slippers.
How ironic!