He’s an old convicted felon
standing on his porch and yellin’
at the kids who ride their bikes across his yard.
Irritating the old bastard
is a skill the kids have mastered
cuz to do it really isn’t very hard.
When the elder orange curmudgeon
gets himself into high dudgeon
then the 12-year-olds believe they’ve done their job .
Since they’re young and quite kinetic
they all view him as pathetic,
just a loser who’s a famous local slob.
Seems the old guy just went batty
(much the same as his old daddy)
when he lost his court case and election too.
Now he sits and drools and simmers
ogling any female swimmers
who might show up two doors down to use the pool.
On most days he just sits leaking,
only to his own self, speaking,
always lying ‘bout his huge inaugural crowd
but his voice is weak and trembling
and in no way now resembling
what it was when he was less insane and loud.
To his suck-ups it’s appalling
how the mighty has so fallen
when they view him with his bald head and bad dentures.
And his ankle bracelet shows
what his whole neighborhood knows;
the old bastard had some nasty misadventures.
copyright 2024, Bruce W NELSON
