Expired blue cans of Rheineck.
Left overs from a secret Santa gift.
Only four would fit
in the cheap blue chilly bin.
Jimmy had just turned eighteen,
stoked
to get a chilly bin of beer.
I ended up firing him later that year.
So there’s still two blue cans
cheap faux-Germanic
even the schlöss
can’t make it taste better.
in the fridge in the garage.
The fridge that only
gets turned on at Christmas
The family reunion we hosted
once, a couple of years ago.
to chill champagne and craft beers
and fillets of beef and deserts.
I hide birthday presents in there too
sometimes.
And they remind me of
White cans of Joseph Kuhtze
which may have tasted better
with an umlaut.
in a six pack on the back seat.
Steve and his blue Datsun 120
Nick, Paul, Wayne and Mark
parties out West
cruising through Cornwall Park
and down Queen Street
loitering in Khartoum Place
trying to get a glimpse
of the strippers at Lollipops.
Sun burned at Piha.
Summer at Hahei.
Friendships
neglected.
Long since
expired.
Hi Emjay, what issues are you encountering with the formatting. I have some experience with WordPress; I might be able to give you some pointers. Where is the formatting going wrong for you?
Tēnā koe Peter. I tried to indent various paragraphs – no joy. Want to set up a zoom or call if there’s useful training you can provide? Ngā mihi. MJ
Tena koe MJ, can I ask first, are you pasting from an MS Word document?
Yes, no matter what we do it always seems to revert back to basic sideline format. I like memory poems. thanks for posting. Rheineck immediately brought back my memories of that very cheap beer with the initial big campaign.
Thanks Dean. Formatting really helps memory within memory. Was fun to write. The beers were beyond awful, by the way.
The formatting is nothing like I intended and I can’t seem to fix it. ☹️