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# The Morning After
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-morning-after/
- Published: 2024-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: As blessed as it is, fruit of the vine, it manages to harbor a few curses. Commanded to imbue by the Divine in biblical refrains, chapter and verses, we toast our celebrations with its spirit -- let no one doubt what...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Sonnet, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

As blessed as it is, fruit of the vine,  
it manages to harbor a few curses.  
Commanded to imbue by the Divine  
in biblical refrains, chapter and verses,  
we toast our celebrations with its spirit --  
let no one doubt what that is all about --  
then in the morning wish we weren't near it,  
and on occasion with a bout of gout.  
But everything, they say, in moderation.  
Today, I'm feeling moderately blessed,  
though cannot put a shoe on. In frustration,  
I realize my blessings need a rest,  
though if there is a way, I have the will.  
Turns out, even for this, there is a pill.