Manuela Cardiga - Guilty Pleasures and Culinary Treasures

HAIR OF THE DOG

Hair of the dog
Snout of the hog!
This here is
An absolute crock!
(of SHIT, let’s not be coy.)

At my age
It’s a joy
I’ll not forgo,
Telling truths
And calling
Spades SPADES,
And cocks COCKS;

And forgetting
The subtle
Shades
Of tact.

This is so much
More FUN,
And that
Is a fact!

So as I get older,
My tongue
Gets looser
And bolder;

My eyesight,
Oddly enough,
Gets sharper,
My heart
Progressively colder-
But at least now
It finally matches
The shoulder…


MC