For Imbibers

Drunk History

An inebriated narrative carried the night
I toasted my interpretations
Alongside those of my friends
Thus we drunk history
Then burped up notable events
As we discretely yet pointedly
Spat out distasteful viewpoints
Not one drop was left bottled up

Sippers of liquor gave a straight up account
Unless a watered down version was asked for
Wine drinkers were quite knowledgeable of dates
Yet pored over at length how things finished
Beer guzzlers offered barrels of information
That naturally went to their frothy heads
Champagne flutes were filled time and again
As effervescent lectures spilled forth

We tried to rewrite history by the mouthful
Avoiding swill of meaning or bottoming out
As the evening dried up we shared a communal port
Though overly sweet and surprisingly potent
It helped make palatable the most unsavory chapters



Very much inspired by Derek Waters' series Drunk History.