TIC TOC TAVERN SONNET by Patti Cassidy

One more beer and I’m off to work, he toasted.

One more gin and I’ll head uptown, she purred.

One more nip and I’ll catch  a cab, he promised.

One more rye and I’m on my way, she whirred

One more scotch and I’m heading out, he shouted.

One more snifter and then I’m done , she slurred.

So it’s one more night at the Tic Toc

One more night at the watering hole,

One more night where nothing changes,

One more night the gremlins stole.

One last time, the barkeep shouts it

Then finally the big bell tolls

It’s past last call at the Tic Toc Tavern,

It’s time to hit the road.

Patti Cassidy's been on the poetry beat for most of her life, but she's best known for her  plays- many of them set in bars. Find her in Boston... or Paris. Or wherever fine spirits are sold...