The old man
slipped into memories—
technicolour visions
of a young farmhand,
naked to the waist.
Sweat added a glossy shine
to an already impressive torso.
Mary, the farmer's daughter,
gazed longingly at her fancy,
then approached, offering
homemade lemonade.
He nodded thanks,
drinking the glass down
into his empty, butterfly stomach.
They both smiled.
Slipping from the memory,
the old man
closed his eyes,
took a final breath,
and then
once again —
tasted lemonade.