Dangers of Strong Drink

Now I’m sitting down here on my bum,
Enjoying this bottle of rum,
I used to drink brandy,
It made me too randy,
And my wife started toting a gun.

A moody literary editorial illustration for a dark poetry post: an adult man sits drinking in a worn armchair in a dimly lit room, while his wife stands nearby watching him with a revolver safely holstered at her hip. Emphasize tension, domestic drama, and gothic atmosphere without showing violence, firing, injury, or threats. Cinematic chiaroscuro lighting, muted sepia and charcoal palette, tasteful composition, realistic painterly style, landscape orientation.

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