Popeye

Popeye 

I’m a ruffian
I’m unrefined 
Still unpolished 
What’s mine is mine

I’m a ruffian
An un-tumbled stone
Got rough edges 
So I live all alone

I’m a ruffian
Like Popeye says
"I am what I am,
And that’s all that I am.”

By: Bill MacEachern
October 17, 2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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