A Bit of a Wobble
It was judgment hour at the village show:
I was volunteered as they thought I'd know
how to discern between eight small bottles
of rhubarb and ginger vodka tipples.
Tasting just a sip from each of the eight,
I puzzled over a method to rate
just which was the best, then second and third.
I knew which was first but my memory blurred
the flavour of others. So what to do?
I looked for sediment, for clarity too,
but couldn't decide without more tastings
of others before making the placings.
Each one I sipped seemed better than the last
so should the one given first now be recast?
I looked at my jottings and scratched my head
as my mind now fuzzy was losing the thread.
I stuck with the first but with others so fine
placing second and third was hard to assign.
For each of the eight who entered a bottle
thanks from the judge with a bit of a wobble.
Copyright © Lisle Ryder | Year Posted 2019
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