the bee sting
of bourbon shots-
grandpa’s hidden whiskey

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Gabriel Patterson

Gabriel Patterson (@GabePatterson77) lives with his family in Las Vegas, NV. He escapes the city's neon lights by writing poetry. His work has appeared in hedgerow: a journal of small poems and is forthcoming in cattails, Contemporary Haibun Online and A Hundred Gourds.

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  1. Grandpa always had to hide his whiskey–The bees liked being around it as much as he did –what a place to hide it–the sweet smelling hedges.

  2. .
    Great work!

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    peat smoke–
    one more angel’s share
    of handcrafted whisky

    Alan Summers

    N.B.
    The "Angels' Share” is the amount of alcohol (around 2%) that evaporates normally from oak casks. Whisky producers once thought it was angels taking a small sip before the whisky was matured for bottling.

    From the haibun Sippin’
    pub. Blithe Spirit Vol. 25 issue 2 (2015)
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