Art Form, with Beer

Done nobody put on a tailgate party

like us LSU fans do a taligate party

and the beer do flow, ma cher, and

the shrimps do boil wit da crawfish

and we tro da potatoes in the pot

wit da crawfish and spill a little beer

for da seasoning but not too much

cuz da beer is brewed to be drunk,

with da ice in galvanized tubs and

if it spills just drink from the tub,

we got da straws, ma cher,

and it don’t matter what kind

of beer cuz it all ends up in da same place

washing down da muffalettas and  

da shrimps and da crawfish (you gotta

suck them crawfish heads, ma cher)

and we boogie to da music and

sometimes forget da football game

and usually don’t even have a ticket

but da real party’s out here, ma cher,

and we Cajuns have done created

ourselfs a tailgate party art form

wit da eternal question: how many

beers does it take to kiss

a baby alligator?

Over at TweetSpeak Poetry, Seth Haines has a poetry prompt – pairing beer or wine with an event. I couldn’t resist.

This poem is also submitted to Open Link Night at dVerse Poets.