Honey Dew

Honey Dew whisky -- two inches in a glass tumbler

Put in two cubes of ice and two inches of cold water

The liquid trickles down the throat into the stomach

Stomach feels warm..man feels a shade happier

Turns on the MP4 player and puts the volume to "low"

Pours another two inches - feels "no friend,no foe"

What a magical drink!refreshing he hasn't any woe

Soft music soothes his jittered nerves- pours an inch more


"Oh my God! I'm a happy,happy man"-- ecstasy galore !

Dim soft light,plush comfy settee "I need an inch more"

As the night progresses he's quite drunk-crashes to the floor

Food remains untouched-- the man has eaten nothing !!


As the sparrows chirp and morning light filters into the room

He feels like a neo wed wife kicked by her groom !



©Bishwanath Mukherjee

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Ode to the pleasures of drinking whisky and the hangover.

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