Petty Pates Poem by John Sensele

Scrawny frowns on your brown brow
Purloin loins of youth and vitality
Energy, synergy and narrow
Scopes of development and deployment of utility.

Scrawny sinews tensed up for too long
Sap laps of happy health and sneak into place traps
That seduce cancer, induce anger and prolong
Sorrow tomorrow and the day after as your temper snaps.

Scrawny brawns and unkempt lawns
In your yard discard high standards;
Lards, blues bards and bent bones
Suck both bucks, tucks, sparks, ducks and sherry shards.

Scrawny plans, tourney tans and loony scans
Ingratiate life assets, facets which decimate mates
Who ride your pride to accident prone vans
Which crack packs and stacks of petty pates.