“All Together, Now,” by Mary Cresswell
Dec 20th, 2023 | By Defenestration![](https://www.defenestrationmag.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Defenestration-Poetry.jpg)
Let us now praise famous men:
Praise is wholesome, by and large—
you know they need it now and then
because they’re famous, because they’re men.
Let us now praise famous men:
Praise is wholesome, by and large—
you know they need it now and then
because they’re famous, because they’re men.
I guess there wasn’t a way
this wouldn’t have happened
when I show up late
to a party where everyone
has done shots since midafternoon