A past perfect drink

I have found a poem which I quite like. It is on a BBC site called Poetry: Out Loud (unfortunately no longer updated). The title of the poem is "On the Booze" and it is read by the poet John Hegley himself. A few notes for learners of English:

- The word 'booze' means alcoholic drink.
- The expression 'blew her lid' means that the person got really angry.
- 'Lather' is the foam that soaps and detergents make.
- The word 'blinking' in the poem is used as a swear word, similar to 'bloody'.
- The adjective 'obnoxious' is a synonym of annoying or offensive.
- A 'half' is a measure of drink, usually of beer, and equals the half of a pint.


Another site with good poems read aloud can be found here.