partying at home has changed so much over the years
when I was young it was very different
we spent days back then preparing for a party
we made sandwiches and snacks
the men mostly drank bottled beers or neat scotch
the ladies drank sherry or port
apart from that crazy aunty who hugged the gin bottle
kids drank lemonade and beer shandies
music was either from scratchy old 78 gramophone records
or a group singalong with my dad playing the accordion
family parties always started out jolly and happy
they always ended with somebody crying after an alcohol fueled family argument
a few kind souls always stayed up late to clear up the mess
hangovers seemed to last forever back then
its so much different half a century later
now we spend a lot of time preparing for the party
we buy prepared food or have the party catered
modern men drink low carb light beers from cans
then they switch to shots of vodka or tequila
ladies now drink low carb silly water called Truly or High Noon
but there its always one person who hits the cocktails hard
today’s kids are supposedly not allowed to drink at all
we all know they sneak something unnoticed
music is streamed from Spotify on our Sonos sound system
nobody plays an instrument or leads the group singalong anymore
parties today always start out jolly and happy
they end with somebody crying after an alcohol fueled family argument
a few kind souls stay up late to help clear up the mess
hangovers last forever these days
come to think of it, nothing has really changed that much
alcohol induced fun with family and friends is still the same way to party
its just packaged differently
Cheeky Monkey Poetry 