The Pain Of Being This Good Looking

The Pain Of Being This Good-looking.

Refrain from conflating

                                     looking young

                                                           and looking handsome

All young men, without exception

                                                     have been beaten  without mercy

                          with the ugly stick.

Old men, like me, with square jaws,

                                                    deep scars and  steely dark eyes

are much more better than young men.

There are secrets filed away

                                                 in every wrinkle of our leathery skin.

We want you.

                       We are hungry.

                                                  We lick the plate.

You will be

engulfed  by the fragrant cologne

                                                          of our  hard earned wisdom.

wafting between your thighs.

Derek Earl Houghton