Marlene Dietrich Drank a Manhattan
My stepmother drank a Golf Ballwhiskey and chilly creamy milkso many nights I longed for a sip.I’d tried my dad’s beersice chilly ting and tennis whites.Whiskey and milk on the opposite handin a lower crystal tumblerwas smooth silk blousewith a pussy bowand satin pencil skirt.Slim knee hung over slim kneefine ankles in pale hose and court docket shoeslike grownups and Chanel No.5on my keen lady lips.
