Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"STRIP ME NAKED, OR ROYAL GIN FOR EVER; A PICTURE", by ANONYMOUS First Line: "I must, I will have gin! - that skillet take" Last Line: "I was born naked, and I'll die naked" Subject(s): Art & Artists;indifference;nudity;portraits; Nakedness | ||||||||
I MUST, I will have gin!that skillet take, Pawn it.No more I'll roast, or boil or bake. This juice immortal will each want supply; Starve on, ye brats! so I but bung my eye. Starve? No! This gin ev'n mother's milk excels, Paints the pale cheeks, and hunger's darts repels. The skillet's pawned already? Take this cap; Round my bare head I'll yon brown paper wrap. Ha! half my petticoat was torn away By dogs (I fancy) as I maudlin lay. How the wind whistles through each broken pane! Through the wide-yawning roof how pours the rain! My bedstead's cracked; the table goes hip-hop. But see! the gin! Come, come, thou cordial drop! Thou sovereign balsam to my longing heart! Thou husband, children, all! We must not part! Drinks Delicious! O! Down the red lane it goes; Now I'm a queen, and trample on my woes. Inspired by gin, I'm ready for the road; Could shoot my man, or fire the King's abode. Ha! my brain's cracked.The room turns round and round; Down drop the platters, pans: I'm on the ground. My tattered gown slips from me.What care I? I was born naked, and I'll naked die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN THE LOCKER ROOM by MADELINE DEFREES FRESCOES FOR MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CITY: 1. LANDSCAPE AS A NUDE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH LOCKER ROOM CONVERSATION by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER NUDE DESCENDING by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER FROM THE PERSIAN (1) by KENNETH REXROTH FROM THE PERSIAN (2) by KENNETH REXROTH THE SILVER SWAN: MARICHI by KENNETH REXROTH STILL ON WATER by KENNETH REXROTH TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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