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A Ballade of Healthy Living.(Poem)

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| January 01, 2006 | Whitworth, John | COPYRIGHT 2006 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
A BALLADE OF HEALTHY LIVING 
 
Alcohol sharpens the brain, 
said some scientific survey 
 
   I'm as wispy and pale as a ghost, 
   From continuous nights on the beer. 
   As I lurch down the stairs to the post, 
   And my senses refuse to cohere, 
   I consider the case of King Lear: 
   Did his love of the grape and the grain 
   Put the blight on his kingly career? 
   Not when alcohol sharpens the brain. 
 
   So it wasn't his constant carousing, 
   (However the facts may appear) 
   It was family trouble, bad housing, 
   And the terrible weather that year. 
   No it wasn't traditional cheer 
   Drove ...

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