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The Loonie's Last Reckoning

It was late in the afternoon Of the 17th of January 1993 That my whole Intoxicated universe Finally exploded   Drink me one day = 10 vodkas 7 1/2 pints 14 wines 1 bottle of wine + 6 gins + 4 pints Or 2 bottles of wine + halfs then 4 pints Or bottle of wine + 5 pints + Cans and shorts Saw myself as a loonie Of the Lunatic Underground   It was late in the afternoon Of the 17th of January 1993 That my whole Intoxicated universe Finally exploded Five + Two = Seven Units By 11.30 12.30 = Six Units 1.30 = 5+2 = Five Units 6.30 = Four Units 7.30 = 3+2 = Five Units 8.30 = 4+1 = Five Units 12.30 = Free Saw myself as a loonie Of the Lunatic Underground It was late in the afternoon Of the 17th of January 1993 That my whole Intoxicated universe Finally exploded   Broken at last With etiolated face Tremulous hands After so many years Of semi-Icaran hubris   It was late in the afternoon Of the 17th of January 1993 That my whole Intoxicated universe Finally exploded.

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