hot summer nights

& i wish li bai could share this bottle of red
with me
it being nothing special

a cheap vino
to help pass the hot nights
as i settle in

to another late summer night
when i can't sleep
the mosquitoes buzzing their own

& i cup my hands
as if to make a telescope
to see betelgeuse

with our naked eye
as we catch a buzz
& make verses out of

the whole silly
portion of what we
call our lives