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Johnny (Free verse) by MacFrantic
Simple boy
They said to him
That he wasn't choice material
So he left without a wisp of animosity
But he had given them all he HAD
Every OUNCE
What more was to be expected
From a group of uptight
Indignant socialite
Bastards?
They said his IMAGE wasn't keen to what's HIP
He laughed and sipped from his soft herbal beverage
And he gave them his number in case they changed their minds
All you do your entire life is strive to be accepted
To get people to like you
To L-I-K-E
You
Yourself
So if you're not a likeable person
People take advantage
He nodded at their pictures
Pollock
Rembrandt
Picasso
Monet
And it struck him
Not like lightning
Too cliche
But like love
Then
Within the ever-present ebb and flow of life
A siren goes off in the hostess' head
Suddenly
Gone is that striking
That LOVE
And he is led to the door
Shaking
The odor of vanity lingering beneath his nose
If he had the resolve
He could DIE
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