Twenty Sips

First sip slipped icily down
Second sip almost made no sound
Third sip hit you on your face
Fourth sip drowned out all the taste
Fifth sip drained out all the mess
Sixth sip lay the mind to rest
Seventh sip melted into the Eighth and Nineth
Tenth sip brushed away all the lies
Eleventh sip mended all the rifts
Twelveth felt like summer kiss
Thirteen sip wrenched it apart again
Fourteen sip buried all thats sane

Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty
I lost count.
I threw up and turned around.