Some drinks are more dangerous than others....

The 4th Martini

After the 4th martini
You become a time-traveller.
You can skip the banality
Or the inconvenience
Of the next few hours (or days)
And jump straight
To a brighter future.

Or you can fall back
Into the comforting arms
Of the yesterdays,
Snug with your memories,
Reliving favourite episodes
Of the past.

Once you have let go
Of the tiresome present,
You can go wherever you like:
You can slip sideways
Into parallel dimensions
Of fantasy.

Your mind can fly
From here and now,
Fly far, far, far away;
All it leaves behind
Is the empty shell
Of your body
To carry on drinking...

To order the 5th martini.