What is the law that states:
a particular quantity of liquid
is available for spillage from a glass
without changing the quantity
that remains within the glass.
We’re in Slattery’s front lounge;
it’s packed, a lively Friday-night crowd;
a small lady, slightly tipsy, more than actually,
is having another glass of red wine,
and in the act of bringing it to her mouth
sends a curtain of it around the room
catching everyone at chest height
with, what I would consider, a generous
portion of her drink.
Genteel-mannered all around;
“not at all, not at all, it's only a drop of wine”
“Aw this blouse, I was never fond of it anyway”;
she drinks on
totally oblivious to the cacophony of jangling nerves.
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