Andy Palasciano

Drink, Drank, Drunk

To drink is to survive;

water and the lack of it

will kill us quicker than hunger.

But to be drunk is

different.

We exploit rejoicing.

We drink to celebrate that

it is Tuesday.

This is exploitation.

But shouldn’t we celebrate

that we are alive?

This also quickly becomes exploitation.

But this exploitation makes it

seem like rejoicing is evil.

That couldn’t be further from 

the truth.  Rejoicing is a 

necessary part of the fruit-bearing process.

It is necessary for life.

But when we stop exploiting 

and shoving the drink down,

we can rejoice that we are loved,

not that it is Tuesday.