Challenge
To drink, or not to drink? Write about your most notable experience or experiences with drinking alcohol. Or, if you don't drink, explain why you think it's not a good idea.
Smile
I looked at her, a smile across
both of our faces;
Red cheeked, red lipped;
Mother and daughter, happy together
At last. In a way I had never known
her, to smile in such a way
but we were happy. All three,
we were happy. The bottles of liquor
empty on the family table,
The cans of beer that I had not drunk
And the wine that was instead my favourite.
And my father, laughing at her silliness;
At her squiffiness and I saw his love
For her, a love I seldom saw.
And I understood that love
In the smile across
Her beautiful face.
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