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Array ( [sid] => 178078 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => The One-Legged Drunk- redrank [time] => 2014-04-01 11:41:57 [hometext] => [bodytext] => Ain't nuthin' nastier n' a one-legged drunk.
Hurling insults to match tossed shots;
A small man protected by his handicap-
Disability wrapped as an immunity cape.
He lost more than his leg that fateful night;
Pride and decency washed away with the blood,
A bitter bite.
Tiny and clawing, pettily raging,
drunk and abusive most every night.
No one can tame him, who would beat on him?
Dredges we are,
We take it the same; poor as we are,
we all have our legs.
Yes, manhood lost, what little 'twas fore
mobility cost...accident's toll-
Gone a leg and car, along with his soul;
Drunken before, given over to crass,
A lout less before, one-legged now more;
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The One-Legged Drunk- redrank

Contributed by invierno on Tuesday, 1st April 2014 @ 11:41:57 AM in AEST
Topic: anguished

Ain't nuthin' nastier n' a one-legged drunk.
Hurling insults to match tossed shots;
A small man protected by his handicap-
Disability wrapped as an immunity cape.
He lost more than his leg that fateful night;
Pride and decency washed away with the blood,
A bitter bite.
Tiny and clawing, pettily raging,
drunk and abusive most every night.
No one can tame him, who would beat on him?
Dredges we are,
We take it the same; poor as we are,
we all have our legs.
Yes, manhood lost, what little 'twas fore
mobility cost...accident's toll-
Gone a leg and car, along with his soul;
Drunken before, given over to crass,
A lout less before, one-legged now more;
A light breeze can bend a thin blade of grass.

Copyright © invierno ... [ 2014-04-01 11:41:57]
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Re: The One-Legged Drunk- redrank (User Rating: 1 )
by ladyfawn on Wednesday, 14th May 2014 @ 04:56:21 PM AEST
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the imagery is exquisitely brilliant, i can see him in
my mind's eye; wretched, a miserable existence,
suffering so and full of his woes, maybe all he
finds happiness in is trying to make others so,
this is a poem that breathes,

hugs n' love nessa

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