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(Excerpt: Chapter 1 Revival )
…But when the stomach, idly at play,
Shirks its duty and lets wine have its way,
The insipid stream, though Ceres may
Produce a livelier, more pleasing sway,
Won’t flow as easily, won’t digest as quick.
Intoxicating spirits, mixed or un-mixed,
Are sure to slow down the process of digestion
And preserve the embodied mass in fermentation.
For countless years, the fiery essence of wine
Has kept preserved in perfect design
The puny wonders of the reptile world
And the tiniest features of anatomy unfurled.
Wine, that subtle and alluring drink,
Can bring both pleasure and pain in a blink.
We do not curse it outright, but rather
We blame the excess that leads to danger.
For wine, when consumed in measured amounts,
Can help the vital tide in us to mount.
Its active poison, more potent than crude
Floods of alcohol, can flow through us renewed.
Ah, cunning deceiver, how you have thrived!
Despite our warnings, you are still believed.
How you revel in the wreckage of vows!