Judith Lofley
‘This is how you pour a glass of beer’
someone says
every time
I drain
a bottle
straight into
the open neck
of a good-sized glass.
They speak of angle and approach
finger placement and chill factor
as I watch the ale rise
toward the rim
the frothy head
like lace at the edge
evoking salty tidelines
or foamy washtub suds
this I would rather observe
than be distracted by instructions
about a well-poured beer.
