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Confessions Of a Justified Drinker

By Talisker

24 September 2006

Excuse the self indulgence.

Confessions of a Justified Drinker

Wise Romans cut their wine,

To moderate its power,

I never weakened mine,

To stretch the happy hour.

It always seemed to me,

Its strength was by design,

Why drink insipid tea?

Far less insipid wine!

But I drank to be drunk,

And dressed my crapulence,

Concealed it in a funk,

Oenological pretence.

To fool the inner man,

My head betrayed my heart,

A foolish, futile plan,

Ill fated, from the start.

For drink insidious,

Shows patience as a foe,

Those liable to his kiss,

His bite will one day know.

On entering Bacchus’ lair,

This poor imbiber lost,

His trivial, daily cares,

His soul the final cost.

Oli (24/09/06)

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Written by Phil (6683 comments posted) 24th September 2006

Oli, fine poem. Hope things are on the up for you.

An aside - I'm a great admirer of your poetry, and you've definitely got soul - plenty of it.

All the best,

Phil.

Thanks friend...
Written by Talisker (1326 comments posted) 24th September 2006

Obviously this is not a "fun" poem. It must be a chore to read, rather self indulgent.

I'm glad you made the effort to read it. I think its one of the purgative efforts. To ask you to read it is like asking someone to examine the weeping sores on my arse (not that I have any!), an unpleasant task indeed. No greater love hath man...

Oli.

Great as usual!
Written by LynB (435 comments posted) 24th September 2006

Hi Oli - it's obvious a lot of thought and feeling went into this. You are a fine poet - and I always enjoy reading it.

I, too, hope things are on the up!

Look after yourself!

I'll start again....
Written by LynB (435 comments posted) 24th September 2006

.... I should have said 'I always enjoy reading your work'.

Written by ellipinnock (1753 comments posted) 25th September 2006

Well I'm a great believer in cathartic writing!
...and I'd much rather read this than examine any weeping sores you might have!

Elli

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