by Henry Burt Stevens
02/12/2001
"Another Irishman has died"
St. Paddy's day
by Peace River shore
bands, beer and booze
between every set
"A toast, a toast,"
the MC cried
but I started to cry
because I knew how
alcohol plagued my family
a mixture of wet and dry folks
and how the wet teased the dry
who outlivied the wet
one day my brother sneered
"If you can't drink before noontime
you're not a Stevens"
followed by cirrhosis death
and a daughter who at 33
nearly did the same
some are able to beat the booze
while others die and lose
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Well penned!
Mari
while others die and lose
Very true, Henry, and very sad.