An Ode to Rum
Oh, nut-brown companion of humid tropic nights!
Oh, intoxicating nectar of the fertile gods!
In passion, you enhance all my earthly delights,
In battle, you wildly bolster my martial odds.
Born in the planters' verdant sugarcane fields,
Jack Tar has taken you to the ends of this world
And I pray that you await me in the Kingdom to come!
But with all the wonders that your enjoyment yields
And all the garlands your faithful imbibers have hurled,
Surely, you merit a grander title than simply "rum".
Stephen Sanders
©2009
I'll drink to that.
Then join me at the bar, mate, it's bumbo all around!
Love it! :)
Thank ye, kindly, Renren! Wait . . . did you mean the poem or the rum?? ;)
Both! ;D