The Defeated

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I grow old ... I grow cold...
I shall explore the preservative benefits of cosmetic Retinol.
Shall I nurture mustachio flare? Do I dare
                                                                infest
a rave?
I shall flaunt hip-hugging cargoes, cultivate suave cachet...


have
joked
and in reproaching all I fear
                                             provoked
wreathes of bruising
blue and grey
till Colonel Fitts comes calling ... then
                                                            away.

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