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A Brush With Alcohol

A Brush with Alcohol I had a scrape with it the other night It left me in a blissful haze With time less spent on useful things And thoughts ablaze with vacancy A surging warmth from deep within To Play cruel havoc upon my skin By painting rocacea on my pores Bright red without the embarrassment And change the order of my speech To stumble and slur in gobbleygook Lost inhibitions to mighty Bacchus Who looks upon my sorry state And mocks the sight of my wobbly gait He took me to a far off place Where nausea and vertigo existed I could not keep apace of him He relinquished his grasp and let me go To remain awhile in torpid stupor And afterward he cast a frown On glazed red eyes and pounding head Then left me to my indulgent fate

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Date: 7/8/2017 4:59:00 PM
If you are the subject of your poem,then I say this, find something you love more, like helping others, when you're involved in people lives there's just no time to get messed up, and I promise you will get just as high. Good Luck and God Bless
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Date: 7/9/2017 6:54:00 AM
Hi Jerry Thanks for your comment. It was unfortunate that I wrote it in the first person singular but it was really meant to highlight the various stages of inebriation which even Bacchus disapproved of. I wholeheartedly agree with helping others. You have a lovely view of life reflected in your comment. Everything in moderation say I. God bless.

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