Degenerate

I fall for everyone

I really do

   I steal everyone's style

I really do do that

    I am getting better at wearing a mask

I really am

   And

I am learning not to take anything very seriously 

    It’s peaceful this way, I think

I fall in love with every beautiful lady that shoots me a smile

   I really do

It really is a problem 

     I try not to talk so much

I really do that

   I try, at least

But the thing is

   When people start to think your an intellectual or something

They expect you to say intellectual shit all of the time

   Even though they won’t understand it

They still want it

   They really do

And I don’t like having to explain everything 

   It’s a real pain

It really is

    But people like it

Most do

   Some want to argue

Some want to prove they’re more intelligent

    And that’s fine

I guess

   I don’t really care, anyway

I just don’t enjoy competitive intellectualism 

   I really don’t

It’s exhausting 

    And someone always gets their ego hurt

And I’d rather not talk so much

    I really wouldn’t

So I tell people that I am shy

   It’s just a little lie

No big deal

   Just a little lie

I’ll even tell people that I am socially awkward 

   I ain’t

I am a damn ray of sunshine sometimes

    That’s true

  I promise it is

I just got sad there for a moment or two

   Maybe 5-10 years

But now I am better

   I think I am, at least

My smile feels fun

   So that's a neat change 

I just got to stop falling for all these damn women

    I got to stop taking them so seriously 

What I really need to do is shut-up a little bit

    I think I should probably start doing that

Honestly, I do

    I like to listen to songs

And steal their feel

   Steal their lyrics a little bit

Nothing serious 

   Not like plagiarism or anything like that 

Just a few lines here and there

    I don’t vote

I really don’t

   I don’t like that reality tv stuff

 It ain’t for me

    Nah, I’ll let the real intellectuals vote

They can figure out how the world should work

    I am just going to focus on not falling for every pretty lady that smiles at me

I try not to talk shit about others, but when someone starts in on someone else, I can’t help but join in

    I don’t like it

I really don’t

    People love to gossip

They really do

    I don’t, though

At least I don’t think I like to do it

    I got issues, it’s true

I am a bit of a degenerate 

    Maybe a bit of a player

And a little bit of a liar

   I got a good tough guy act

And I can cry 

   I really can

Really easily 

    I am just a sensitive little pickle, you know

With a handsome face and all of my teeth still

     Can’t they see that we are all degenerates?

Everyone is

   You too

I won’t ever try to change you, though

    I really won’t

All I gotta do is stop falling for any pretty lady that likes my poems

   I bet that’ll help

And I gotta stop talking so damn much

    That should do the trick

    CH 12/2/24