Death in the Afternoon

Death in the Afternoon
- 15 ml Pernod
- Fill glass(es) Champagne
- 1 cube(s) Sugar
Place sugar cube in glass, add Pernod, crushed ice,
a slice of lemon

High-spirited, each time we come
she gets her past out
and twirls it with her tongue.

She brims over with mirth,
when she explains her ex-husbands,
gives us the low-down

with crushed ice
in high-stemmed glasses,
"no tumblers", she says
putting in slices
of lemon for a
Death in the Afternoon

But her husband plays dumb,
drinks himself numb,
when she says:
"Wasn't our affair great?"