<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422018" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Alcoholic Blues</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You're an alcoholic but not a smoker -<br>What else is there to say? <br>Your poetry is mediocre -<br>It's been another lousy day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You used to think<br>If you had a drink<br>Your blues would go away -<br>But now you know that isn't true<br>So you haven't had a drink today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well done, old boy! <br>But there's no joy, <br>So what are you going to do? <br>You're dead inside, and lonely too<br>And bored and in despair.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your fellow alcoholics care -<br>They say, 'If you choose<br>To turn again to booze<br>You've a hell of a lot to lose! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You'd lose your peace of mind, I guess.<br>The answer's 'Yes, <br>But wouldn't it be nice<br>To ignore this sound advice, <br>To relax, chill out, and have a little happiness? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or at least to write a decent verse, <br>Something pungent, moving, terse, <br>Transcending this alcoholic's curse! ! ! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Thorkild+Ellison">John Thorkild Ellison</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=422018" data-title="Alcoholic Blues de John Thorkild Ellison" data-description="You're an alcoholic but not a smoker - What else is there to say? Your poetry is mediocre - It's been another lousy day. You used to think If you had a drink Your blues would go away - But now you know that isn't true So you haven't had a drink ..."></div> </div> </div>

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