Sangria

To celebrate a special day,

I went out with my spouse,

Having dinner in a place we like

A few blocks from our house.

 

My drink of choice is beer

But they do not serve IPA’s*

So Sangria’s what I get,

Reminding me of college days.

 

For on weekends when we partied,

There would always be a bowl

Filled with cut-up fruit and Yago;**

Getting tipsy was the goal.

 

Though I drink now just with dinner

And it’s usually a brew,

At this restaurant, Sangria’s

What I sip and one will do.

 

Yet I think back rather fondly

Of my early drinking years,

When Sangria and tequila

Were what I drank with my peers.

 

*India Pale Ale

**a brand of Sangria