Smoky and peaty and pleasantly biting
Cascades of esters are swirling, inviting
Some swing with scotch blends of multiple malts
They can’t compete with the Single Malt Waltz

Currants and car-a-mel, almonds and coffee
Chocolate and leather and pepper and toffee
Pine, brine, and iodine, seaweed and salts
Whisking me off to the Single Malt Waltz

Cardhu, Macallan, Glenfiddich and Dalmore
Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Bowmore
Precious expressions deserving of vaults
Amber stars dancing the Single Malt Waltz

When my head spins with the week’s faults
And I must unwind
I simply slip into the Single Malt Waltz
And soon it has soothed my mind