goodmorning, still monkeying with files. i found this poem written for me back in 02. it was written by my friend mick moss. he used to write poems for people on request via his website. i don't know if he still does or not. this poem is a play on my name, sherry. hope you like it, i do. s


sherry

when it's cold outside
it fortifies
and warms our insides
bringing strangers
closer together
and making colleagues
loquacious
with a tall glass
of amber Amontillado
smelling of hazelnuts
smooth and light on the palate
or an old Oloroso
(fragrant by name)
full bodied and brave
but maybe a Manzilla
straw colored and smooth
from the exotically sounding
cellars of Sanlocar de Barrameda
but my favorite
is always Fino
the color of golden straw
delicately almondish
it slips down like elixer
from the Gods
of celebration.


thanks again mick! s