while waiting for him to join the bar , merlot wrote an ode ... ode to a gin and tonic emerald green , crystal glassed , wax sealed , screw top trashed , cubes clinked , elixir splashed , ice split , bitters dashed , lime skinned , lemon grassed , quinine in , citric slashed , sapphire blue , kafir bashed , sparkling fizz , light flashed , frosted dew , gin smashed .