A/N: First response to Hades' December challenge.
Prompt from Knight Fury - Hot, spiced wine and honey.
With best wishes to all.
Hot, Spiced Wine and Honey
Hot, spiced wine and honey...
He grinned; an evening at home with good friends, anticipated.
And opened the door to his small London practice,
A calm, pleasant day, he was certain, awaited.
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Hot, spiced wine and honey...
He smiled; an evening at home with good friends, anticipated,
Then focused again on the patient before him,
(The first of the day ) and the symptoms narrated.
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Hot, spiced wine and honey...
He paused; an evening at home with good friends, anticipated,
And glanced at the clock, it was no longer morning;
The queue in the hall had, by no means, abated...
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Hot spiced wine and honey...
He sighed; an evening at home with good friends, anticipated.
Still more to be seen on this cold winter Tuesday;
Many folk needing care, random Fate had dictated.
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Hot, spiced wine and honey...
He frowned; an evening at home with good friends, anticipated.
The cab rattled on through the dark streets of London,
As call after call left him tired and deflated.
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Hot, spiced wine and honey...
He dismissed any thoughts of the evening, anticipated.
His wife long abed, friends long gone, after midnight;
His plans, as so often before, thus frustrated.
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Hot spiced wine and honey...
A glass from his wife and his friends, who had anticipated
A late return home for the bone-weary doctor;
The season of good will, at last, celebrated.
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