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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

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 5/17/2009 12:00:00 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
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Date: 5/17/2009 6:44:00 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.
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