alcoholics synonymous

if I were to try and explain
in great detail and pain
the booze high to an abstinent
would it be time well spent?

for how can one describe
Shakespeare to a scribe
and how can one sell
a deaf man an extra-loud bell

please don’t laugh, my friend
for my heart cries to rend
a better example, a better way
to speak what the sip does say

is getting drunk a depressing vice
or is it happy like a Christmas surprise
is it finding that Santa lives
or that god actually forgives

is it the joy of feeling foolish
of speaking stupidly-sane gibberish
is it the finding of Samson-like strength
or unzipping an inch of sudden length?

or is it like a hearty dinner
or the burp of a well-fed sinner
is it like mouthing a favourite song
or an exam where you can’t go wrong

is it like fitting into tighter jeans
or quoting loved movie scenes
is it like meeting a childhood hero
or discovering there exists a zero

is it like a wallet full of cash
or a parent-free new year bash
is it the taste of a virgin kiss
or the release of a long-held piss

I for one don’t have the gall
to try and articulate alcohol
but one thing I’ve oft heard
a bottle speaks a thousand words.

ram cobain