empty bottles

you wonder why
you only left a half
a glass
of milk
in the carton,
why didn't you
finish it?
how can you eat
cookies without
a full glass
of cold milk.
you sigh and shake
your head,
staring at
the vodka bottle,
which always
has an extra shot
or two
in reserve.
that would be
criminal to have
saved just a drop
at the bottom
of an otherwise
empty bottle.