Happy- Hour
Cathy Leonard
Rusty Nail (see recipe)
1 ounce
Scotch Whiskey
1 ounce
Drambuie
Pour over ice cubes and stir
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You
preferred a Rusty Nail to a Screwdriver in a Saint Louis Highball Glass.
But your
special favourite was a Corkscrew in a Double Old- Fashioned.
Shake well
and strain into pre-chilled Double, then add a slice of lime.
When you
left I didn’t need ice to chill it.
And every
Friday night I mix, shake and stir:
A jigger of
frogs’ legs, thorns of birr
A pony of
beetle-juice, dragon-scale light
A twist of
spittle and a dash of spite
Top with a
Catherine wheel,
Add a wedge
of venom peel
And there
you have it-
A Screw-U
About the author
Cathy has
been writing and teaching for over thirty years. She has published poetry,
short stories and children’s stories and has been shortlisted for a number of
awards, most recently runner up in the Fish Flash Fiction Award 2013 and
the Sceine
Poetry Competition 2014. She had a short story selected for publication
in Baubles
2016. Cathy lives in Dublin
with her husband Stephen, two adult children, Molly her trusty red-setter cross
and their new arrival- a stray one eyed three month old kitty- Sherlock. Now
all we need is a Watson!
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