They say about getting high  
after having a drink too many.  
I managed to get high  
without participating in a drop.  
I had a bad back, muscles twisted.  
The meds they put me on  
cured my back Ok,  
but made me drunk as a skunk.  
I staggered around the house,  
my speech became slurred  
and that was without even taking a drink,  
unless spiked my water  
without me knowing about it.  
I had to use my walking stick  
to stop me falling over.  
Have stopped taking the meds,  
I hope there is no hangover attached,  
but we’ll just have to wait and see. 
 
 
7 January 2008
David Harris
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/drunk-without-a-drink/