Nothing Beats the Martini [by DL]

 A "dark and stormy"
(ginger beer and rum)
does excellent things for some.
Try it
the next time you go off your diet.
You'll see.

But nothing beats a Martini.
No, nothing beats a Martini.

Informed imbibers agree
that a chilled Negroni
(gin, sweet vermouth, Campari)
is better than Long Island Iced Tea.
But does it beat a Martini?

Tell me what in
a Manhattan
is not to like?
Rye, sweet vermouth cut with Cynar
(an artichoke-based liqueur
you'll find at any good bar)
makes for a great cocktail
that will not fail
to please on land or sea
and improve any party.

Still, this is the singular truth:
Nothing beats gin and vermouth,
the latter French, the former English.
Served cold as the Arctic Ocean,
it inspires devotion.
It's as water to a fish,
It's delightful and delish,
It's precisely what I wish.

Nothing goes down as cleanly
as a well-mixed Martini.

No, nothing beats the Martini. 

-- DL

Comments

[Kinder en mexico]

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[Benjamin Raucher]

Makes me want to drink a martini forthwith

BENJAMIN RAUCHER

[Rosanne Wasserman]

A Drink With Something In It

There is something about a Martini,
A tingle remarkably pleasant;
A yellow, a mellow Martini;
I wish I had one at present.
There is something about a Martini,
Ere the dining and dancing begin,
And to tell you the truth,
It is not the vermouth--
I think that perhaps it's the gin.

--Ogden Nash