“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.”
Tina stopped after one mug of beer.
The other three continued chugging
prodigally well into the new year.
At closing time she confiscated
their keys without asking permission,
without saying please, articulating with
conviction: “I will drive and I alone.”
After muddled protestations,
four women left the bar alive,
and alive four made it home.