There is a butterfly in the glass

right there in the coaster

where the wine glass would sit

I’d stick my nose in the glass when you let me

and take a sniff that would give me goosebumps

when you weren’t looking I would take a sip

but I think you knew all along

A fly might drop in

and you would say that

this is because flies are thirsty too

and when he stoppped moving

you would take him out to fly again

only this time crooked