Poetry Italy 1

I VECCHI (The Old)


There they are...in their bar
Speaking loud...in their crowd
Sipping wine...all the time
Eating cake...without break
Playing cards...without odds
Bragging sports...sagging thoughts
Puffs of smoke...drug these folk
Dressed to kill...some so ill
GUCCI Goo...PUCCI Poo
Taking pills...not for thrills
Watching girls...without curls
Sighing song...for so long
Touching pricks...not big sticks
Blow a fart...it's an art
Not to work...it would hurt
On the dole...without goal
Going home...all alone
Not in search...not to church
All so bored...all's a fraud
Full of shame...Full of blame


1 December 1986