Saturday Centus has come around once more, and Jenny has given us 156 words to come up with a piece based on the prompt, “Are you seriously ordering another martini?”  Other than the extended word count, the rules are as usual.  Don’t know the rules?  Just click on the Saturday Centus button on my sidebar to learn all about this crafty meme and read all the entries.  You’ll find links to Jenny Matlock’s other blogs as well.  If you’ve never played with us on Saturday, please come join us!

My offering for today.

i seriously am

martinis are my drug of choice  

i like mine made with ketel one 

frosty cold and straight up   garnished 

with two olives   not fancy ones

   green ones with pimiento inside

the masterpiece arrives in a 

little silver shaker on a 

black enamel tray   the waiter

shakes it and in a display that 

leaves me breathless   pours the elixir 

into my glass   crystal   of course

when the icy rim touches my

lips   i close my eyes and exhale

a sigh as big as montana

i caress the rim of the glass

with my finger   stir the contents

with the olives held captive on

see-through plastic mini-swords 

i prefer my martini served

on a charger   no square paper 

napkin for my regal cocktail

and no one ever has to ask 

“are you seriously ordering

another martini?”

i seriously am

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