Whisky ....

My friend J, years ago,
was given this bottle of Whisky for Christmas
by his friend M.

One day, J and I, idly,
while distracted by Ceramics,
or it might have been we'd been digging in the cold rain,
drank the Whisky.

And it was good.

After Christmas, M comes by.

He tells J that the Whisky
was an investment Whisky.
Better in the bank
than money or gold.

Unless....

Every year M still comes by
and tells J how much the whisky would be worth
(£800 about now) if we hadn't drank it.

I don't know.

It tasted pretty good at the time.

It still seems to me we'd have gained nothing by waiting.