AGING BULL

crazy old coot
mean old man
crazy old fuck
over the hill and
down the drain
midlife crisis
and male menopause
infantile dependency needs
temperamentally unstable
crazily inconsistent
cares only about himself
wonderfully intelligent but
really quite immature
entirely too cold and formal
never says hello to us
all he thinks about is
uses people as puppets
never listens to what I have to
lazy timid and unsure of himself
entirely too fat
entirely too skinny
entirely too strange
the verdict
life imprisonment

 

by Arthur Oesterreicher

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