Are women prone to drink full bodied white,
in silent thought behind a veil of good?
Do sips of red Shiraz betray like blood,
or merely compensate if life is slight?
Is drinking wine a pleasure or a blight,
for housebound wives so seldom understood--
and what of pride in men of stone and mud;
is there a time when they should be upright?
An empty glass does not denote she's sunk;
as ladies heavy with the scotch or port
can often hold their liquor like a can.
A female functions cooler when she's drunk;
as any chap a little out of sorts,
will tell you that his wife's a better man.
i changed the meter on L, 6 (just to let you know i did it from choice
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