Tastes almost like love by Nalini Priyadarshni

A jigger of whisky and a jigger of vodka

Together in mango juice

Taste horrible

Not recommended at all – 

You say and we laugh

– neither is whisky in cocoa.

We both agree

Nothing beats golden lager on a hot day

Or any day, for that matter.

I like the taste of it on my lips

Almost as much 

As taste of you.

Nalini Priyadarshni lives in Punjab, India. Her poetry has appeared at Mad Swirl, Undertow Tanka, The Riveter Review, Writes & Lovers Café, The Gambler, Camel Saloon, besides numerous international anthologies.