Tuesday, September 18, 2018

I POUR A SHOT OF WHISKEY by Terrence Sykes

I POUR A SHOT OF WHISKEY

I pour a shot of whiskey
it tastes like your
sweet & salty skin
as you lay with me
in the darkness




Terrence Sykes is a GASP Gay Alcoholic Southern Poet & was born and raised in the rural coal mining area of Virginia.     Although he is a far better cook &  gardener – his  poetry - photography - flash fiction has been published in India, Mauritius,Scotland, Spain and the USA. ..Other interests include heirloom vegetable research & foraging wild edibles .
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