Stronger than brandy <br />So unfathomable and intriguing <br />Turning a man to some candy <br />When it inundates his garden <br />And grips him like a stolid muscular cop <br />Nabbing a suspect from the rear <br /> <br />It washes away all vestiges of inhibition <br />And shuts down care of the world <br />And plants man on the track of obedience <br />As a bridled ploughing mule <br />So he can increase and multiply <br />To dominate his intractable milieu <br /> <br />But it gives him unfettered utterance <br />Like a notorious prattling drunk <br />Vending stale gossip <br />For just a free cup of palmwine <br />Causing him to chirp and sing merrily <br />Like a jubilant canary <br />That stumbles on a ripe berry <br />As he effortlessly ascends the cliff of pleasure <br />Paradise’s next door neighbour <br />Where bliss has a short reign <br />While worry and stress rare guests <br />Freeing him only when its super brew <br />Is served and consumed.<br /><br />Chris Jibero<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/peak-of-pleasure/
