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Stein to the Drunken Lefties

Posted on | October 21, 2013 | 22 Comments

by Smitty

The free-spending Lefties here,
As the drunk on a beer
Bender for fortnight or more,
Knowing hangover in store,
Bangs his hogshead in vain,
Wishing ’twere full again.
Raging ‘gainst coming of dawn,
When the light of the sun falls upon
The heart of man in full rut;
Hedonism fills his. But
He can’t make beer from piss,
For carnal bureaucratic bliss,
Must give way to the maul,
Hammering the head until all
Thought of Socialism is purged
And the name of the one who urged
The entitlement orgy’s reviled,
And thoughts return to the child,
Who somehow knew right from wrong;
Good poetry from banal song.
Gratification, delayed, that built mind.
He looks up from his puke-puddle to find
A brief Herbert Stein phrase,
That pierces his drunken daze
The way that a mother’s don’t:
“Trends that can’t continue, won’t.”
–CLS 21Oct2013

Category: Art

Comments

22 Responses to “Stein to the Drunken Lefties”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  2. CHideout
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  3. Resista38176897
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  4. jwbrown1969
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  5. Lockestep1776
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  6. Citzcom
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm

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  7. katnandu
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:02 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Stein to the Drunken Lefties http://t.co/ALcBPARPVy #TCOT

  8. RMNixonDeceased
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:24 pm

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  9. thatMrGguy
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm

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  10. sokeijarhead
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm

    Stein to the Drunken Lefties : The Other McCain http://t.co/AVDyXeXrGh

  11. thatMrGguy
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:44 pm

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    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:46 pm

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  13. thatMrGguy
    October 21st, 2013 @ 10:53 pm

    Stein to the Drunken Lefties http://t.co/75tepA5YwD A poet and didn’t know it.

  14. The Bearded Bastard of Babylon
    October 21st, 2013 @ 11:53 pm

    Well done, Smitty!

  15. smitty_one_each
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 7:25 am

    “Well done, Smitty!” — The Bearded Bastard of Babylon http://t.co/NeQjUuDEj7

  16. BrianKennedy8
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 7:57 am

    RT @smitty_one_each: “Well done, Smitty!” — The Bearded Bastard of Babylon http://t.co/NeQjUuDEj7

  17. Stogie Chomper
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 11:10 am

    Not half bad. I like the imagery, e.g. “his puke puddle.”

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  19. smitty_one_each
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 6:40 pm

    “Not half bad. I like the imagery, e.g. “his puke puddle.”” — Stogie Chomper http://t.co/5QSTuyzkfq

  20. BobBelvedere
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 7:03 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: “Not half bad. I like the imagery, e.g. “his puke puddle.”” — Stogie Chomper http://t.co/5QSTuyzkfq

  21. OwainPenllyn
    October 22nd, 2013 @ 7:03 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: “Not half bad. I like the imagery, e.g. “his puke puddle.”” — Stogie Chomper http://t.co/5QSTuyzkfq

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