Tales From The Cabin That Smokes: Book Twenty-Three; Homage To A Cynical Old Man...

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Tales From The Cabin That Smokes: Book Twenty-Three; Homage To A Cynical Old Man...

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

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In The Mirror

0 posted 2017-12-29 02:46 AM

He was a cynical old man
who lost his can of Simonize
somewhere in the junkyard
of his tired thoughts

Confusing bitter memories
with his worn out ego
that never really served him
past his dreams of avarice

He was a cynical old man,
once a charming sociopath
that painted his hidden frowns
into an hourly clownish smile

He destroyed all who knew him
and passed the blame along
to those weak enough to believe
his deceptive emotional appeal

Yes, he was a cynical old man
coming to grips with himself
in the same way he faced others
...making it more and more difficult to shave

...just bein' Bluesy

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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since 2009-10-10

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Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2017-12-29 06:27 AM

Bluesy, this isn't your usual fare. I like it very much. Some deep thought going on here.(not that your other poems don't have deep thoughts) You leave the reader with some mixed emotions, almost feel sorry for him, but not quite. I like that you never know what is going to come out of that cabin that smokes... ~L

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

2 posted 2017-12-29 11:15 PM

a very relevant and convincing portrait of an old man

loved it

yann

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

3 posted 2017-12-30 01:25 AM

I appreciate your reading and commenting, yann.

...just bein' Bluesy

Poet In Pink
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MI

4 posted 2017-12-30 10:15 PM

Think I've ran into this cynical man before ~ Really quite a sad existence...You painted it well Bluesy

Bluesy Socrateaser
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since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

5 posted 2017-12-31 02:18 AM

Yes, Miss Pinky...'tis an unfortunate choice of existence.

Much obliged.

...just bein' Bluesy

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