Colin Mitchell Williams Poet Free verse

The Disillusioned Man

The Disillusioned Man



He sold his fancy flash car 
And bought a bicycle 
Second hand

He gave his expensive suits to charity
His Gucci shoes
And stuffed shirts
Calvin Kline pants

Handed his gold wrist watch to a Hobo

Took off his rings and gave them away

He even stopped bathing every day

Used cheap aftershave and anti deodorant
Two pairs of ten-dollar shoes
But he kept all his old worn T-shirts
All the faded and ripped old trousers
Comfortable shorts

He never ironed them

Poor looking but clean
Work stained all the same

He chucked out all semblance of taste and wealth
Wore socks with holes
Grew a beard
Bought an ipod
And walked around oblivious 

He decided that this is the way it will be
And if this is all women can see 
Then he
Had no interest in them

And he walks around with a constant grin

There is so much more than clothes and money
To be known of him
And only a woman who can see to his skin
Will ever interest him

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Sharon Winter May 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM It is easier than you think, for a woman, a real woman, to spot a real man. You are writing so philosophically with these two 'men'. Going to the next. Love, Shar

Denis Joe May 17, 2009 at 6:44 AM Colin, this is a great piece. It works very much as a parable and though I don't subscribe to the anti-consumerist message, I admire good poetry when I see it. The poem is inventive in that it passes a message without sounding preachy (as do the parables in the Bible). It is at this level that the reader can (and should) see the poem as a metaphor. The language of the poem is beautiful without being flowery.