“Margarita” was previously published in the July 1982 issue of Local Storms. The first lines came to me one evening in the spring of 1978 while drinking more than was strictly speaking advisable with companions at the Little 5 Points Pub in Atlanta. Upon taking my leave and adjourning to my apartment, I inserted a sheet of paper into the old Royal manual typewriter that served me well through college and on until the advent of the computer era. That night I typed the lines that had come to me earlier, then went to bed. Upon waking in the morning, I made a cup of the instant coffee we drank in those days, went to the typewriter, and the poem poured out onto the page.
Margarita (a poem)
Margarita (a poem)
Margarita (a poem)
“Margarita” was previously published in the July 1982 issue of Local Storms. The first lines came to me one evening in the spring of 1978 while drinking more than was strictly speaking advisable with companions at the Little 5 Points Pub in Atlanta. Upon taking my leave and adjourning to my apartment, I inserted a sheet of paper into the old Royal manual typewriter that served me well through college and on until the advent of the computer era. That night I typed the lines that had come to me earlier, then went to bed. Upon waking in the morning, I made a cup of the instant coffee we drank in those days, went to the typewriter, and the poem poured out onto the page.