Ricky got drunk again.

Last week I saw him in the daylight.

A renown nocturnal acrobat

would not remember an audience like me.

His finest act yet:

the double backwards somersault

balance upturned vodka

(rare and Russian)

He’s got a .45

and the talent of youth.

Pallid Ricky-of-the-Day,

gray and working

for the famous

Ricky-of-the-Night.