Cheers to Tears
His eyeballs were fireballs they blaze like a live coal his firm lips as dark as a charcoal when he calls our noses we twitch he tarries behind after a chorus of down the hatch. He walks as if powered by the wind when he appears we disappear his angry moment we fear he knows not whether he treads the sky or the land a leper mankind paves way for all from depression or what for? Teetotalers tootle for a round of tee-hee A brief moment of ravings as of lunatics he teeters and teeters and thumps in the gulley he sleeps like a puddle of wee do you know the man snoring in the loo? I do not even though I do. This poem is a satire on drug abuse, most especially alcoholism. The poetic persona relates to the life of a drunkard. 'His eyeballs are fireballs,' meaning that they are very red and 'blaze like a live coal.' His lips' degree of darkness is compared to that of charcoal. The first stanza clearly describes his appearance, including the need to twitch our noses when he ...