Online Edition 10.26.06

Happy Anniversary, Honey | Andrea Avery

Bar Tab | L. Dupree

Skuntry Brewing | Joe Esser

Tang & Gin and Gilligan's Island | Chris Johnson

When, Wine | Chris King

Shakes: When The Librarians Came To Town | Shan & Di

Untitled (London) | Orestes Valdes

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POETRY & PROSE

For All The Men And Women Who Go Out | Aaron Belz

Professor Diamond Bill Cardigan's Sure-Fire Bar Bet | Bill Chott

A Train Story | Matt Fernandes

Ed Fletcher's Corncrib Cocktails | Thom Fletcher

Mother's Milk | Jennifer Gaby

What's In A Name? | Franklin Jennings

Joe's Cafe | Brandyn Jones

Tasting Notes: Of Free Wine and Streetwalkers | Chris King

A Guide To The Lesser Brands | Michael McCarthy

Tickled Pink And Twisted Sister | Shannon McGinn

I Am Not A Nature Poet | Richard Newman

Alcoholism For Dummies: A Very Different 12-Step Program | Julia Smillie

Nine Beers In, I Beget A Serenade | James Weber, Jr.

On Texting An Ex At 3:30 AM | Tom Weber

PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS

Thomas Crone, Andrea Day, Nick Findley, Gina Rosa Gallina, Tom Lampe, Tara McCarthy, Dana Smith,  Adam Scott Williams

When, Wine | Chris King

I was happy, wine.
Sad, wine.
My father died
before his time, wine.
When I was 18 and unable, wine.
When I was exhausted
so I could, wine.

So as not to feel you, wine.
So as not to drift away,
dwindling until absent,
and no one ever saw me go,
wine.

When in need of blood
of Jesus, wine.
When I thought of cemeteries
in the snow, wine.
When words would not come.

I come to you tonight
and so I would not show
up empty handed, wine.

BIO

Chris King is a newspaper editor, musician, and producer.