They hand me Rubaeus, red/ as a daquiri, watching to be proven right. I sip/ and smile, hops curling my tongue inward/
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Beers In Berlin with Lionel
Me and Lionel both like no-nonsense north German/ beers; we like to think ourselves stony-faced fishermen on harsh// Baltic Sea beaches.
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Intersection
Beer slips past my lips that are momentarily/ silent but questions still effervesce/ without answers.