Tequila Shots

A Poem

Photo by Jia Jia Shum on Unsplash

Tequila shots
lime wedges and table salt
smoke of at least two kinds
but more like three

flashes of what could have been
fun
could have been something
other

coherent moments
just before sunrise

bruises
(in the shape of
fingerprints)
on the inside of my thighs