Sunday Night

[ancientmai]

Parties are easy to aptly describe.
Invitations are sent out,
People come,
Usually at night.
It goes until everyone passes out
And awakens Monday morning
With a killer hangover.
It is heavily ritualized:
People sit in a circle
Or stand around in clumps
While they drink rum
Vodka and gin and mouthwash,
Liquor from the area
Or shipped in from overseas.
It is placed on a table,
A glass is filled,
A man walks toward someone,
Anyone will do,
Raises the glass with a nod and drinks
Until he passes out
And awakens Monday morning
With a killer hangover.

-Mai