One is the Limit

The bar maid looked out

sized me up, brown eyes sad:

...what'll you have?

One hot and brandy-sweetened night.

she mopped the cold rings

off the countertop:

...will that be all?

Keep the tab open for Life.

the barstool swiveled round

taking in the room, the crowd

...want your change now?

Everything's like sunset going down

hear her hanging the bar-rag

stacking the cork coasters high

...need to call a cab, Pops?

One cold and brandy-bittered night.

11.16.2023

One hot and brandy-sweetened night @dctezcan

*alternately, as time allowed:

One hot and Brandy-sweetened night

I set a heated breath

upon the nape

of a neck

I'd never met...

The scent of a liquor

I'd never forget..

fruit and flowers

on the patio

and no where

to put aside

the cool sweated glass

I've never had a Brandy

as faint and delicate

as on that

Fall

Equinox.