This is pure cliché,
dappled wicker,
stone lit, shadows firm,
warmth of evening song,
comings and goings,
Spanish movements through the bar,
Bombay going down,
Schweppes on ice,
already a little pissed
– Martini Basarana Tanqueray
Ballantines Bacardi Beefeater
Jack Daniels Cointreau –
even the Cutty Sark is too much
now company’s gone
and “Prohibido Fumar” reigns
supreme behind the counter
– what price a coffee now?
[Galicia August 2010]