Cartoonish Life Poem by David DeSantis
Cartoonish Life
Never really one
for popularity contests
yet somehow
popularity found me.
Intangible leadership
skills perhaps,
overrated influence
more likely.
The first time I had sex
I was an amateur at best.
the first re-telling to my friends
I was Ron Jeremy in 1975.
Sometimes I wonder
if I build myself up
or myself builds me.
One thing is for certain:
talk,
talk,
talk,
useless
and boring.
Over inflated egos tend to burst all at once,
and Snuffleupagus was always more than
Big Bird.
As a child I related to him,
along with Daffy Duck,
and Gonzo.
Now you tell me who has an ego.
Copyright (c)David DeSantis
Loved this David, I don't know who Rob Jeremy was, but I assume a great lover? Smiling at you, being one but not knowing these things, they just come naturally! lol Yes! popularity is a great ego inflater, the difference between us and them, is that we live it they just write it and hope it doesn't rub thin! the personality I mean....smiling more, Tai
Dude, I laughed out loud when I read this. All men can relate to the subsequent tellings of our “first.” I was sneakily reading the poem, hidden from the purview of a bunch of my buddies nearby and upon laughing out loud they had to know. I will have you know, that I read your poem to them and they all gave it high praise. You have to see this lot to appreciate it! Absolutely great poem.
This is an enchanting poem with just the right mix of self-deprecation and lunacy to charm the reader. Egotism, loss of Virginity and Snuffluffagus - what a brilliant combination. Works a treat. love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
somebody had who let it go...burst cartoonish...like you! 10/10
Hello there friend. What an imagination you have! Great read! Hey, I have a new poem Beautiful America, let me know what you think. Have a great one! Loyd
Es and Superego defend themselves well in this struggle. I was thinking about a cartoonish life as well. Cartoons: identifications of our childhood's life.
Honest and revealing, this well grounded piece reflects on the past to understand the present in a series of personal recollections - each one another frame in the narrator's colourful portrait. Original as ever... justine.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Agreed - Snuffaluffagus is WAY cooler than the Bird. And yep - Gonzo rocks (but Animal could give him a run for his money and those old guys in the balcony seriously slay me) . I could do without the Duckman - but it I had to choose between him and the mouse - Daffy wins hands down. All that aside....... this is kind of like one of those puddles that Wile E Coyote falls in sometimes. It looks pretty harmless enough - but if you step in it, you find yourself up to your eyeballs in stuff. Unexpectedly deep in a very cool way. I like it. Muse on, poet. Christine