the quoter

remnant of an age

long passed &

certainly

irrelevant now,

the quoter cites all

phrases

which come dwindling

from her/his mouth

out into the open air

with a brush of

elitism

which none of us really

need

to size up the

pretension

of which this idiot

operates---

without a powdered wig

or the once accompanying

elaborate attire,

the quoter seems out of place

even in their own

ridiculous fantasy

where long drawn out &

memorized

stanzas of verse

do nothing for the 21^st

century

passerby,

except make them wonder

just what it takes

to take oneself so very

seriously,

so as to try & pass the time

with a sense of meaning

in a world that has

none.