Eric Ashford Poet Free verse

That Guy

You know that guy,
he's always rehearsing, practicing, chasing a better
  version of himself.
He's fit, the way a sparrow is fit enough
                                        to find crumbs.

You know this woman,
she loves poetry, but the words she reads
must be pretty and never say a damn thing,
she loves any art-form that she does not understand.
She is wise,
                    the way we think of wise owls,
  but the bird must be dead and stuffed first.

You know this chameleon, it slips
          in and out of the light
basking in an illumined sense of approval.
It will change its persona
                    to win a smile.
It’s a people pleaser, but the pleasing
                    is just for itself.

                You know my voice,
it’s the echo of a barking dog
    marooned in a high tower.
You hear it, and you just know
that it has separation syndrome,

and like any other dog,
                    it will keep barking
  until it feels your pain.

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