A Study.

fifty.

I have grown loud 

And violent

And drunk.

Speaking in grandiose gestures as though 

I have something to say, that 

Hasn't been said before.

I speak--

Too much, my lips tremble in between.

I offend

I declare

I become a fool.

I didn't intend--but wait!

This next part is important:

I think.

I am.

I know.

I FEEL.

I WANT.

I DO.

And--

I forget, or fall asleep laughing.