why can’t you buy liquor
in a thrift store
those slightly used bottles
that opened bottle of champagne
popped to ask the question
but he said no
perhaps that chocolate wine
given as a dinner party gift
unsure who gave it so you can’t regift
that bottle of old red wine
a touch of cork taint to the wine snob
but most would sip it unnoticed
perhaps that bottle of scotch
too peaty for your unsophisticated tastebuds
stored in the back of the booze cabinet for years
upscale resale & upcycle recycle
yes indeed there should really be
a liquor thrift store
TERRENCE SYKES