365 Days

A tale about my friend Les and his struggle with the sauce.

       “365 DAYS"

'Twas just about a year ago

Brother Les was going strong,

He'd put away a 6 or two

And hardly slow it down.

 

Made no difference day or nite

He'd match me to a tee,

Then way beyond, he'd get the lead,

As I just filled with pee.

 

He'd never hav’ta stop and go,

He could drink the whole damn keg.

His bladder surely oversized,

Maybe even a hollow leg.

 

Then one day a cop and Les

Their paths came to a cross,

And like any other man of law

He had to prove who's boss.

 

Your license please, I will take,

This is, a major crime,

Just so you believe it too,

We'll have you do some time.

 

Les took the cure, did his time

Paid up all his dues,

He even went away, it was,

To a different kind of school.

 

He did return down another road

It had taken quite a turn,

There's lots of other things, he says,

Out there, yet to learn.

 

365 days today,

Boy! He must be dry,

All that time,...no beer, no wine,

No nips of ole red eye.

 

Ol' buddy Les, he sure has changed,

Now mornings he's pink, not pale,

And in his frig, no Oly or Bud,

All replaced by Ginger Ale!

　

June 27, 1993

Bro Tom

Written in Belgrade Montana for brother Les Belyea on his first birthday

of being off the sauce. With a hearty congratulations, and a wish for many more.

Reviews

[Sharon D]

This is really good , it has a cadence to it, I like it and the story that you tell... iliil

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

Many congratulations, not an easy feat. I enjoyed your poem.
It is humorous though it is about a serious condition.
It reads really smooth and has a great rhyming scheme.
Again, i am happy for your brother Les. This is a very good poem.

Chloe