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[hsifeng]

 Today, at 83 year of age, Philip Levine was name a poet laureate for the United States. To honor Mr. Levine (who used to teach at my Alma Mater)  and to honor one of my favorite alcohols, I'm posting this beauty of a poem.

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The first time I drank gin
I thought it must be hair tonic.
My brother swiped the bottle
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Comments

[kass_rants]

I think I will have a G&T in his honour right now. =)

[hsifeng]

G&T is ALWAYS the right choice! ;)

[brickhousewench]

This is a lovely little essay. But I've never understood why people thought that prose, written with odd line breaks, equaled "poetry."

[hsifeng]

*chuckle*