Potomaniac. Waterholic.

Watching Bernie drink
Water
Was akin to watching someone
Masturbate to orgasm
And…
Or….
Commit suicide.

Neither act being public
Neither act anything
But
Intensely Personal
Measure
My unease

Bernie was dissolving herself
Salt in water
The same salts that held her mind
Her thought processes
Her uniqueness
Together
Her muscles
Her heart strings
For the heart is a muscle
And the brain is a fireworks
Of electrolytes
Which she ruthlessly dampened
Soaked
And sank
Her heart and brain failed
And were brought back
4 times
4 times
4 times
4 times
For a very unusual type of drowning
For a very slow and inconspicuous suicide
The killer is herself
Anywhere
With water
Coronel Mustard
Greedily and daintily drinking
Water
A true Aquarian
Pouring 20 liters of water
Down her throat
A day
And peeing
200 times a day
To ecstasy
A true Water Bearer and Pourer
Of quirks
And puzzling conundrums
One does not take water
Away
From another human being
Does one?
One gives water to a fallen foe
One does not monitor
The gulps, the mouthfuls
Or the planetful of helpful strangers
Who will easily give one
Water
Living alcohol -or drug- free
Is
A goddam possibility
Living water-free
Is
Non-sensical
Laughable
Meaningless
However, the water
you pour down your throat
My friend
Is blurring you away
One drop at a time

2007