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BLOOD SWEAT AND BEERS
by Gerald J Tate → (All Poetry by Gerald J Tate)
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Drinkers dilema

Your body sweats and trembles
As you hold your aching head
You don't remember coming home last night
And you don't know what you said

With disgust your wife she stares at you
Then she quickly walks away
You promised you'd be home by ten
But you knew that you would stay

You frantically search your wallet
Then you go and look eleswhere
The money you had to pay the rent
It just simply is not there

Cause' you don't remember splashing out
Buying drinks for one and all
When the pats you got on your macho back
Made you feel just ten feet tall

So you tell your wife through sobbing gasp's
That you've blown it bloody all
And now your not so big my friend
Through her tears you feel so small

Your angry guilt brings you to your knees
You'll drink no more, and you make this plain
But then Friday comes around once more
And the cycle begins again


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 Reviews of "BLOOD SWEAT AND BEERS"
Reviewed by RM Green
Reviewed on April 29, 2008
So sad but so true... but I LOVE the whimsical way you wrote this!
Thanks for sharing!

Reviewed by Terry Rizzuti
Reviewed on April 27, 2008
Great poem, Gerald. Please don't be offended, but I found myself playing with the cadence. Terry

Your body sweats and trembles
As you hold your aching head
You don't remember coming home
You don't know what you said

With disgust your wife she stares at you
Then quickly walks away
You promised you'd be home by ten
You knew that you would stay

Frantic you search your wallet
Then go and look eleswhere
The money you had to pay the rent
It simply is not there

You don't remember splashing out
Buying drinks for one and all
When pats you got on your macho back
Made you feel so ten feet tall

You tell your wife through sobbing gasp's
That you've blown it bloody all
And now you're not so big my friend
Her tears they make you small

Faced with angry guilt you're on your knees
You'll drink no more made plain
But Friday comes around once more
And the cycle begins again

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on April 27, 2008
Addiction to legal drugs, ie: alchohol can be as bad as illicit/illegal drug addiction...glad, at least from that angle, I gave up drinking long ago...a good one with an excellent message...Ed & Rufuz

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on April 27, 2008
such a tragic cycle this is

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on April 27, 2008
Ah the curse of the addicted.

Reviewed by Chantilly Lace (Reader)
Reviewed on April 27, 2008
Wowwwwwwww,I'm so glad that I am a angel LOL....good stuff Gerry....behave OK...(Giggles)....Hugsssssss


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