Zorba is in the Room

by 

Jerry Dale McDonnell©2014
 Published in Over the Transom #25--2014

Here's to small pills and wine and
limited debauchery as energy allows.

Live like Zorba, think like Zorba. 

Life is trouble. No trouble, No! 
Loosen your belt and let life live. 

I'm listening to Gregory Porter and have been re-reading Zorba by my main man Nikos Kazantzakis.

A mixed drink of life. Potent. Necessary. 

And now the third glass of Pinot Noir: Mandatory.   

I'm  . . . okay, really. Fantastic. I‘m dancing on the keyboard. 

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