There Once Was...

I knew a guy one...

There once was this stupid dick, who always posed as me,

he arose from the wreckage of what he thought would be.

 

This is how stupid he was--he actually believed fair is fair.

He was caught by the short hairs, in reality's glare.

 

I wish I could say he learned the medium to hard way,

but that wouldn't quite be true--he never learned s**t--say

 

what you want about adapting, and 'learn as you go',

this guy headed straight for the wall, and never veered, no,

 

I--err--he walked blindly ahead, right into the buzz saw,

the man with the 'loser!' tag, and no luck of the draw!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

Not sure how to review this poem, as I'm not 100% clear on the overall message. But I can say there are spots of brilliance that I relate to totally. For example, "fair is fair" (being a sign of stupidity) . . . I like this, as a way of saying; "life is NOT fair" (and you're stupid if you think so). I don't like messages that put people down & call people stupid. But I also know that people call themselves stupid all the time. I get that this narrator is beating himself up greatly. And I've done that. So I won't mark you down for expressing the ugly things we say to ourselves a lot of the times. Be brave! What you have to say counts!

[Michael Stevens]

Thank you, and I was indeed putting myself down. I always fall back on this when I don't want to offend anyone. After all, I know me, and I know I'm a wuss!