Half Full or Half Empty?

“Is the glass half

Full or half empty?”

Such was the question presented to me.

It depends on whether

The glass contains

A good Cabernet or a cheap Chablis.

 

If it contains

A good Cabernet

With a bold, full-bodied, smoky flavor,

The glass is always

Half empty because

That’s an experience I want to savor.

 

If, however,

A cheap Chablis

Stares at me from the glass’s interior,

That glass is always

Half full to me,

As I endlessly sip on a wine that’s inferior.

 

What? You say

That I don’t get it--

That I am trying to redefine

The meaning behind

The expression? I say:

Just shut up and hand me my wine!

(8-2-14)