I Don't Really Drink Beer

at a Parisian cafe
I sat at a table
outside on the street 
under an awning 
under the Parisian sky

the waiter enquired
and I ordered a beer 
just a beer 

"une bière s’il vous plaît"
an essential phrase for a Brit in Paris to know 

and when it came
I drank
slowly I drank
cold beer from a glass
...and it was wonderful!

now
looking back
all those years
I now understand 
I know what it was...

it was 10% the beer
but 90% the location!

...as I don't really drink beer!


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