Friday, January 3, 2003
A New Temperance Poem, In Memory Of My Departed Parents, Who Were Sober Living & God Fearing People Comments
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My parents were sober living, and often did pray
For their family to abstain from intoxicating drink alway;
Because they knew it would lead them astray
Which no God fearing man will dare to gainsay.
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9/4/2025 7:28:09 PM # 1.0.0
Ummmm, I can't deny that drinking liquor can have bad results. And you can't be an alcoholic if you don't drink. I'm not sure that it follows that a drunkard will murder his brother except metaphorically. I just don't see this as a poem. Maybe a sermon delivered by a hell-fire Puritan back in the day. Arrgh. Give me poetry to read not this stuff.