October Leaf 93 Poems by Teen/Young Adult Author Jean-Thomas Cullen at Galley City

58. CAFÉ MACHO I

man of great deeds, o violent life!
He sees his story as one of drink and smoke:
precipitous, with red nights and lightning days;
painful encounters with careless or impulsive women;
friends with guns — he is of battlements,
     sailing ships, and cannonades!
Women (when they see him lingering
          with his Marlboro
          over an expensive drink)
think: there
sits a gentle and unsuccessful man.

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