Part I: Champagne Glasses
By: Ella Gibbons
A girl and boy clink champagne
In tiny, clear flutes
The girl wants hers to be fuller
He wants his to emptier
She drinks
He sips
She drinks more
He does not
She finishes his
And crowns the bottle
Part II: Too Much Champagne
He grabs her hand
She can’t feel her skin or his
She interlocks their fingers
Her head is spinning
The champagne is a puddle in her stomach
She despises how her knees feel weak
She is drunker than she had been in a long time
She doesn’t want him to see her like this
As her past self
She’s drunk
He is not
He guides her away
Part III: Champagne Aftermath
Only two glasses
Next time
He said
She simpered
But listened
