_Bootleg ***** in America has gone by many nicknames, from Blue Ruin, Moonshine, Mountain Dew, Coffin Varnish, Old Be Joyful, White Lightning, Rotgut, Popskull..._
Queens and fathers, merchants and poets -
all seek appointments with Dr. Popskull,
when these days brim with fresh anxieties
that won't stop piling atop last nerves;
when sunrises now sizzle, haywire,
bringing bills and bad news, too soon by half;
even the weeks and months are mouthy,
won't shut up with their stubborn griefs.
Blue ruin brewing in the clawfoot tub -
Old Be Joyful swigged sweet tot by tot -
bay *** blind in the corner store -
Dr. Popskull fills prescriptions as fast
as dollars. Evening varnish vanishes -
happiness is borrowed from a future self.