The Hen House
Cooped within ancient bodies, this inhabitant
dwells amongst an elder net
of crabby, crotchety, curmudgeonly claque
of old folks, only a portion of population I met
which achey, flaky, kooky motley crue
disgruntlement fed as peevish pet
aye be earnest asper assessment,
but some getting ready and set
to lay down limb mitt less lives,
even those who survived harrowing encounters as a vet.
quotidian gossipers punctuate air waves while:
sitting, riding, quartering, puttering, operating, navigating,
motoring around on scooters (the sole means of locomotion
for many elderly residents),
whose sole occupation incorporates:
yelping, yakking, whining,
weeping, verbalizing,
uttering, thundering, squawking,
squabbling, screeching,
rumbling, quibbling, quarreling,
prattling, pestering,
offending, needling, mumbling,
maligning, leering, lampooning,
kvetching, kibitzing, jabbering,
irritating, insinuating, heckling,
harping, gabbing, fulminating,
fretting, exclaiming, emoting,
denigrating, carping, cackling,
begging, agitating,
acting analogous to bad ass kids itching
for playground foo fight during recess,
which comparison might be apropos
since majority of energy and time expended
complaining about nobody's business
concerning this, that, or another tenant...
(management not exempt
from badmouth outbursts),
where nondenominational AARP
qualified members congregate
within what constituted former auditorium
of repurposed elementary school,
hence quite some years ago
(an honorable NON GMO gluten free
cheerful toast made, instituting batter use
then building standing vacant)
a bona fide unanimous dogmatic,
heroic, linguistic welcome sans titular viz zit head
where alumni of alluded alma mater, ivory fiery,
classy academic solvent atomic structure
became amalgamated, appropriated,
assigned a new life, whereat fob dost
electronically activate innermost
recessed sliding doors, principally, quintessentially, resoundingly availing maw formerly
entrancing students into Schwenksville
Elementary School, though some years ago
repurposed with barely a trace
constituting current subsidized
how zing facility re: Highland Manor,
the residence of thyself and missus
(approaching third month anniversary),
whereat I dune hot give a rats ass
if aimless airless baseless banter,
ceaseless chatter, dubious dabbling,
et cetera if this solitary ruminate thinker
the subject de jure of parlayed people portraying penultimate purposelessness.
Copyright © Matthew Harris | Year Posted 2017
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