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The sickness isn't all that it's cracked up to be

By SEAN McCARTHY
Contributing Writer


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 come all ye sons and daughters of the Seagram's Revolution, drumming unsteadily on
 /empty kegs and marching to broken bottles and crushed cans.
 /hurrah hurrah,
 /come all ye sons and daughters of the Whiskey Miners, sloshing in bile soaked knee-
 /high boots and sinking pick-axes into amber livers.
 /deeper and deeper we go
 /come all ye sons and daughters of the 32nd High Life Cavalry, loading rusted aluminum
 /rifles with bourbon shots and staggering to attention.
 /get some
 /come all ye sons and daughters of the Franzia Carpenters, crafting crosses of empty casks
 /to crucify their false brothers and fathers.
 /i am the true vine
 /come all ye sons and daughters of the Gin Welders, screwdriving turrets and blasting
 /molten lager into cracked skulls left hidden in the basement.
 /we all drift down
 /come all ye sons and daughters of the Karkov Roofers, purging closed-casket gutters
 /of mangled leaves and pale ale rainwater into the gasping mouths waiting below.
 /hurrah hurrah
 /come all ye sons and daughters, come have a drink to us.




Drink with Sean:
smccarthy@macalester.edu.
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