Days of Wine And......

orchidee



.....Roses, as the film says?!

Nope.....Water, says Fido!

 

He says - Orchi's coming out of the woodwork

Gonna let his hair down

Gonna fill up his syphon

Not with soda, but water

And pop round to ya

 

I admit I don't know much about that film

But it relates to alcohol use disorder

 

Dunno why ya complain about the water

Added to ya tipples

It only means the tipple will last longer

Ya won't have to pour so much

Out of the bottle each time

 

I have to add water anyway

Cos of one day KP hid it

She gave me tipples and got me tipsy

Then I said 'I do'

Would never have said it otherwise!

One Halloween it was - when else?

She wore, not a scary mask

But a beautiful mask to deceive me

 

So we married

And me life's been downhill since

Days of Trout and Rosie

Not Cider with Rosie

 

You're waxing literary here Orchi, says Fido

Oh, it's about the only book I know

Though the line 'Days of Wine And Roses'

Is also in a poem from 1896

 

Ooh, there's a song of it too, from 1962

By a crooner - Andy Williams

I'd better sing or croon it then! Arrgghh!

Heehee - Got earplugs in?

 

I've never been the same again

It all turned for the worse, you realise

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: February 6th, 2024 03:38
  • Comment from author about the poem: A song, but not a hymn. A digression today!
  • Category: Humor
  • Views: 20
  • Users favorite of this poem: Accidental Poet, Bella Shepard.
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Comments7

  • Neville


    a splendid & most welcome digression sir ..

    tho' maybe a change of category is in order to appease the purists ..

    • orchidee

      Thanks N. Oops - changes it to 'humor'.

    • sorenbarrett

      Ya been turning water to wine? I think I hear a hymn in that somewhere. Maybe a little to New Testament old is a better vintage. Very nice Orchi

      • orchidee

        Thanks SB. I turns wine to water, though they will shoot me for it! lol.

      • Accidental Poet

        And in all that confusion you didn't swoon once Orchi, or did you behind the scene? 😁👍

        • orchidee

          Thanks AP. Yes, swooned behind the scenes. lol.

          • Accidental Poet

            I knew it. 🤣

          • Doggerel Dave

            Don't get which you are humouring....KP or Fido..........

            • orchidee

              Humouring poets - or to be Sir ONS - is that humoring or humouring? Where's them U's gone to?!

              • Doggerel Dave

                You'll have to tell me - I'm not up to appreciating such subtlety so early in the morning.

              • Thomas W Case

                Hysterical and well-crafted.

                • orchidee

                  Thanks T. It's all true, of course. Is it?! lol.

                • Bella Shepard

                  Love your digression into this "oh so fun" poem. We have an annual event here in St. Louis, Mo, a series of boxing matches, for charity, between the police and the fire departments, they call it "Guns & Hoses. Might try that one out on KP. Be very careful.

                  • orchidee

                    Thanks B. lol.

                  • Goldfinch60

                    You certainly know better than to put water into my scotch as you did when you put water in Harold's wine on that day on Hasting beach in 1066 and he looked up in astonishment!!!

                    Andy

                    • orchidee

                      Thanks Gold. Doh! It was all my fault in 1066!



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