A Very Unromantic Poem

[theirishsea]

A Very Unromantic Poem

some of us
with a double digit age
that in the old days
we would have thought
olde
ancient
a-teeter and a-totter
but now
the army of us
hoar-frosted mariners
before the mike
reading poems
lamenting our chronological
infirmity
the bad backs, the creaking legs
the deserts in our follicle fields
oh
we make light
of heaviness

and still we feel
not elder eunuchs yet
the breath of young women
oh what perverted
unlicensed
lusters
this army of poets
rhapsodizing
about female beauty
it still cupids our hearts
we are not dead men
yet

oh
we must sublimate
act
our age
as if that were a law
the mind
is not necessarily the body
though it too
can hurt

no
we will not embarrass
our children, our peers
and say something
that will make the female spider
flee
the amoeba cringe away
and a young woman
look at this specimen
of beast
and say
"all men are dogs"
with curls of disgust
pulling up the words
then carried indoors
lock, latch, chair
barricading
against
this army of old male poets
rhapsodizing
the wishing in their dreams

no
old poets
sublimate
know too well
each and every gray hair
feel each and every ache
of the heart
and the mind
and are thankful
that there are old women
with which to share
the evening
and a fire

[Doreen Peri]

and still we feel
not elder eunuchs yet
the breath of young women
oh what perverted
unlicensed
lusters
this army of poets
rhapsodizing
about female beauty
it still cupids our hearts
we are not dead men
yet

Loved this stanza especially!

Welcome to the Studio, Dan!

Good to see you here! Enjoy.

[hester_prynne]

"no
old poets
sublimate
know too well
each and every gray hair
feel each and every ache
of the heart
and the mind
and are thankful
that there are old women
with which to share
the evening
and a fire"

Is it really so!
Indeed, I enjoyed this very very much
H

[Mark Christopher]

I really liked the last stanza and it holds much truth in it. Look forward to reading more.