LPiA-23 Nov. 9

[dukealien]

Bibulous Recall


The cocktail I still favor
for its Nixon-era memories
is Harvey Wallbanger:
sweet orange juice,
neutral vodka
Galliano for its inimitable promise
of somehow emulating
an Italian count.

Then down the path of cinematic
calendar pages wet-ringed
with Tequila Sunrises,
late-morning Bloody Marys
and last of all the pale-eyed
Vodka Gimlet

with its bitterness
of tonic water
neutral vodka slowly deadening
and sweet-sour Rose’s™ Lime Juice.
Down here at the end
a final hint of flavor
straw-sucked from melting ice
soon gone–
I just say,
that’s life.

Oddly enough, the Harvey Wallbanger was previously known as "Duke's Screwdriver."