Oh! - two-dollar-ninety-nine splendour, The cheap, sweet intoxication you bring - Oh! - nothing could be grander. An alcoholic’s first friend, And fourteen year old’s innocent rebellion That’s forgiven and forgotten in the end. These cheap experiences are often priceless Because it’s passion that pops with the cork And teen inadequacies turn into the fruity bubbliness Of you - the two-dollar-ninety-nine splendour.
December 2000.