He bought me a stout.
A chocolate spiced stout.
He bought me 1/3 of a pint
of chocolate spiced stout.
He said he appreciates me
being nice and talking to him
once a week in a pub older
than my bones and he wanted
to buy me a 1/3 of a pint
of chocolate spiced stout
because he knows I wouldn’t
like it, and it’s nice to disagree
from time to time.

© Carl Burkitt 2023