[Prompt] - Forget What We Had

Prompt: "Can we get a poem about drinking away painful memories on a holiday?" - Robbie Hartford


Forget What We Had

And there's whiskey, for remembrance
And here's tequila, for thoughts.
And we pour and we drink
And we drown and we sink
And we sigh and we sing

Hey! Oh! Bring down the lights!
Hey! Oh! Darken those sights
That project on the sheets
In the walls of our brains!
That dredge up from the deeps
All the still breathing pains!
So we'll try to forget what we had
Aye, boys, lets forget what we had

And there's more, always more
(Til we can't remember!)
Bring more, bring us more
(So we can forget!)
Here's vodka for weeping
Here's gin for the screaming
At the shadows and visions
Of the lovers we'd found
And their loving we'd lost
And don't think of the cost
Just pour and just drink
Just drown and just sink
Just sigh and just sing

Hey! Oh! Burn the pictures we saved!
Hey! Oh! Smash the glass, break the frames!
Tell the mem'ries we've nursed
Tell the damned and the cursed
That tomorrow we're goin' back home
Hey!
Aye, tomorrow we're goin' back home
Cuz tomorrow we're going back home

Clean the mess off the floors
Fix the cracks in the doors
Press our shirts, shine our shoes
Take one trip to the pews
And boys, just forget what we had
Aye boys, just forget what we had.


(Timed: 35 minutes)