Binge drinking
Sometimes I distract myself,
watch Svankmajer with the family,
or walk like Robert Walser,
conversing cheerily with crows;
but the news still bubbles madly
under bouts of fierce bad skin,
bursts forth in pints of wine and whisky
on vital wanton days.
Charlie Hill is a critically-acclaimed writer of novels, short stories and memoir.
His website is here: https://www.charliehill.org.uk/