Troubling the Absinthe
Set the flame and drip water through the sugar brick,
protect yourself against the sickness.
Let the green fairy dance & dart between your eyes,
dropping beautiful lies.
Hide like a résistance fighter,
prepare to épater la bourgeoisie,
burn their bridges, blow up their clocks,
call for a return to a belle époque.
Tonight we’ll light the wormwood fires
& raise our glasses to the crime,
we’ll let the anise juices fill our veins
& absinthium fill our minds.
Mark William Jackson’s work has appeared in various journals including; Best Australian Poems, Popshot, Going Down Swinging, Cordite, Rabbit Poetry Journal, Verity La and Tincture. For more information visit http://markwmjackson.com