Chicano Eddie Poet Free verse

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“I fell in love with you, 
you’re
very charming Eddie but I 
didn’t
know you’d be this much of a 
handful.”
that’s what they said but I 
never
once heard it from their 
mouths.

I guess I could ask them all 
why
anyone in their right mind 
would
love an old toad like me.

I’d answer simply:
“they’re in their right mind,
that’s why they love me.”

all I asked for was a female 
who
could keep up with me.
was it selfish? possibly.
was it mean? it could be.
has it always been the right 
desire?
indubitably!

everything at some point has 
to
show you there is reason for 
the 
madness.

I say that but like the two 
gnats
circling my face over my 
typewriter,
every female bothers me. 

to those young men who envy 
me,
don’t.
if you must, you can keep all 
of them.
thanks but, no thanks.

after the headaches,
after the talking of a lot of 
fly food,
you’ll return them too.

they all returned me but I 
remain free.
they became someone else’s 
problem
and no longer a headache for 
me.


By: Chicano Eddie

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