“The price of kissing is your life”

The Poem
“I would love to kiss you” - Rumi
translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

I would love to kiss you.
The price of kissing is your life.
Now my loving is running toward my life shouting,
What a bargain, let’s buy it.

The Beverage

Hi-Biscus! LaCroix

Welcome to Social Distance/Self Isolation/Quarantine. Here in my apartment, this is primetime for beverage experiences, of COURSE. We purchased two of the new LaCroix flavors, and I now have tried Limoncello and Hi-Biscus!, though not Pastèque, the new watermelon flavor. The Limoncello was, like the alcoholic original, too cloyingly sweet for me, and I much preferred the Hi-Biscus! despite my many issues with how the flavor name is styled. Why can it not just be Hibiscus? I don’t need to greet the LaCroix nor do I need to exclaim every time I pick it up. It isn’t particularly exclamation worthy, but I do enjoy it. I am drinking one now. The aroma is not as aggressive as some LaCroix flavors (particularly the Limoncello) can be on the nose, and it is more aligned with the actual flavor of hibiscus that the drink has. The balance makes it really drinkable, and there is something about the flavor that evokes a SnoCone or freeze pop. Almost fruity, but not necessarily a fruit you’d be able to name. Nor is it really hibiscus, either. I like it a lot. I still think Apricot is my favorite.