Best Sot Poems

A sad sack of a man;
he sits on his balcony rail 
five stories high, facing out 
drunk out of his freakin' mind 
and still drinking! 

He's swinging his legs 
all the while, slurring nonsense 
and singing utter gibberish.
People gathered below loudly plead
with him not to...

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Learning from a sot ©
Wikus Hattingh
15/5/2015

No, I am not the local preacher,
Nor am I the children's teacher
For sure I am but a sot
But from me, you can learn a lot

When the moment came to choose
I thought the answer is in booze
Had I had a second...

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Down in the dumps today 
Children work not play 
The flies have swarmed 
A stench has formed 
Seagulls cry all day. 

Down in the dumps today 
Maggots pulse and flay
It reeks to hell
Children become unwell 
Amidst a haze of decay. 

Down in the dumps today...

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A man, more patrician than not,
Of folly, he had quite a lot.
Stentorian voice,
But words of poor choice,
A sot, not a yacht, had he bought....

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