Drinking

He spent his nights drinking Instead of Helping his children with their homework Attending their sporting events Driving them to school And to their friend's houses He spent his nights drinking Staying out all night at a poker game Where he gambled away all of the money in his pockets He took money from his daughter's piggy bank Leaving an I owe you note that he wouldn't pay back Leaving all of the responsibility to The mother of his children Because He spent his nights drinking