Late
Bloomer
Raud
Kennedy
He
shaved his head and it was cool
kept
it that way until it wasn’t.
When
his hair grew back
there
wasn’t much left.
He
wanted a body beautiful
he
could show off,
so
he worked out and out,
but
by the time he was happy
with
his six pack abs
his
married friends
thought
he was creepy
for
being so obsessed
with
his looks
at
his age.
***
Raud
Kennedy, currently living in Portland, Oregon, has had poems
published in the States, England, and Scotland.
©
Raud Kennedy