I don’t like peanut
butter and chocolate mixed,
except in a beer

The strange looks I got
year after year after year,
now, nothing but “Cheers!”

I’m a club member,
my membership is fluid,
a drunken loophole



Robert Stanhope is a writer and photographer. His poetry, short stories, and flash fiction are inspired by the commonly overlooked dramatic and comedic moments of everyday life.