` <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Join me in this boat of drunkenness, <br />Come with me and we shall both be drunk. <br />Let's sway beside what we think ourselves, <br />Swerving as the waves swell beneath us; <br />Lifting us to where lonely sounds warp, <br />While many other things become clear. <br /> <br /> <br />Come upon my mind, your tongue in mine, <br />And utter words that rend this turmoil; <br />The sound of madness not to be stilled, <br />Our silent voices, raging waters. <br /> <br /> <br />The world will list to one side of us <br />And back to the other in one beat. <br />Ghosts wail in the howling of the wind; <br />The sweat streams from a thousand souls, <br />They fling their drunken bodies upon us; <br />We feel only their salty wetness. <br /> <br /> <br />All at once they crash against this boat; <br />Their breath will chill the flaming sea, <br />Then drift back again to drowsy depths, <br />As our oars cut through this heady wine. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />` <br />© Frederick Kesner. All Rights Reserved.<br /><br />Frederick Kesner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/midnight-rendezvous-2/
