Le Fée Verte - "The Green Fairy"
Like milky moondust,
bitter, pale and green,
absinthe swims through
the veins of old New Orleans.
Inside this little Paris,
a new Belle Epoque
has been raised from ashes,
turning back the clock,
The world is now seen
through a cloudy emerald haze
like smoke-filled bars
or dimly-lit cabarets.
Endless nights are sweetened
by lumped sugar cubes
when liquid-dripped, the green spirit
is an artistic muse!
But beware all who drink,
Mesdames et Messieurs,
for not all who partake
can become an absintheur.
For the divine anise nectar
is like a cunning dryad
whose medicinal herbs could drive you
stark raving mad!
Water fountain, silver spoon,
absinthe glass with reservoir,
Le Fée Verte is resurrected
to write history a new memoir.
-Laura Kuhn
New Orleans, © 2014
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