Party Animal
by
Mary Winters
the sun is always below the yardarm
somewhere
they prop you up with another beer
get you to jitterbug
caught a glimpse in the mirror
your beard's gone gray
bottoms up!
chin chin!
down the hatch!
here's looking at you, kid!
skol!
the smoke from a million
cigars and cigarettes
outside your car falls in a heap
your family dies
you're trapped meeting new people
enchantee!
pleased to mechoo!
shins kicked black and blue
by the Highland fling
the hokey-pokey
the hora
the hompipe
the hula-hula