Hair of the Dog
Oh the drinks, nor just a few:
Spirits, wine and steins of brew!
Bonnet buzzing manic bee.
Redde dithyrambic due!
He tried prairie oyster brew,
Merely made him heave anew;
Same sad luck with herbal tea.
Redde dithyrambic due!
He played Rhapsody in Blue
To help down mulligan stew.
How to slouch towards Innisfree?
Redde dithyrambic due!
At a sudden stroke he knew!
What should a sodden poet do?
Sip rhyme sap from the bay tree!
Redde dithyrambic due!
Uche Ogbuji was born in Nigeria and lives in Boulder, Colorado, a computer engineer by profession. His collection of poems, Ndewo, Colorado is forthcoming from Kelsay Books. He’s editor at Kin Poetry, The Nervous breakdown, and Twitter’s @ColoradoPoetry. This is his website. Follow him on Twitter @uogbuji