It’s a Saturday night and supper deserves

Some Cabernet Sauvignon to begin.

Piquant tapas are joined by Rioja Reserves

While the cheese follows next, with a Zin

Then as evening rolls on, and a top-up or two

Keeps on pouring (God forbid it runs out)

A glass won’t suffice when a bottle will do -

 Should you want something better just shout

And so pop! Goes the Moet & Chandon

Yet those bubbles can cause troubles galore

As text missives start to fly with abandon

Fraught emotions charge right to the fore

Without doubt, lapsed comportment is quite universal

Once ladies, and liquor, combine

Likewise, charm and poise flip fast into reversal

  When susceptible women consume too much wine

Witness ill-advised words, turning friends into foes

Careless chat, drained of all inhibition

And intemperate e-mailing? Everyone knows -

Of that, social law demands full prohibition

Such is the dire tale of a recent weekend

  To at least one wretched girl’s great dismay

  Having over-indulged, she conversed in a way

  She would never have done, in the calm light of day...