Monday, October 07, 2024

Uncouth

No sooner had his footfall played

Upon the threshold of the room

The truth smacked of the obvious,

This common soul did not belong.

 

I might have felt remorse about

His awkward and ungainly tone,

But feelings were all swept away

When first words formed upon his tongue.

 

Ravings of uncultured thought from

Such a boorish little mind.

Spewing crude and clumsy voice to  

Fill the room with fetid air.

 

Turn away and find a corner,

Hope that soon he’ll go away.

Growing small out on a ledge

Trapped in just my underwear.

 

Wilting from embarrassment.

Denying any blame.

Don’t know who invited him.

Don’t know why I came.

 

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