[ NaPo 2017 ] Gutter Punch Drunk

    
Poe may have been a nutter  
who died face first in the gutter  
but his words will live on to butter  
down to the very last crumb  
the bread of Gothic romance  
starved generations to come  
   
His verse today and tomorrow  
is a reminder of the sorrow  
he tried to drown in the bottle  
a depression he could not throttle    
because with four fingers of rum  
in each hand, he was all thumb