A pint-sized glass <br />Filled with Cuban rum <br />Lifting on her herculean shoulders <br />A cumbersome chest of diffidence <br />For she is a time-tested elixir <br />A magical broth of fermented sugars <br />Transforming man from his murine maquillage <br />To an indomitable soul with a God-complex<br /><br />Dilantha Gunawardana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/of-mice-and-men-4/