Sauvignon Blanc

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Sauvignon blanc
     and I put it back --
   not because I couldn't afford it
   (perhaps because I wouldn't drink it.)

So, I settled on one bottle,
     cheap but my favorite---
   the favorite of my great grandmother,
   "Little Granny and her Mogen David..."

With my savings
     I bought what I shouldn't have
   and the cleark --
   round faced, milky caramel skin, all of 18, 17, 16...? 
   
troubled himself for the pack.

I didn't want to trouble him,
     so I settled for the closest thing he touched
   and I fumbled for an ID
   he never asked for.

My total came and I shoved my ID in his hand,
     "Wow, I thought you were 18! You look 18."
   So do you and I get that a lot
   but you sold me smokes and spirits anyway.

Sauvignon blanc
     and I put it back...

10.17.16(?)/m.  12.07.16

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