Sign Shop Pete (Poem)

With a Pony Boy demeanor
An outsider for sure
Cynical prick
Wild vision of human purpose
Wise cracking tongue smacking
Verbal attacks
Like yeast he likes to get a rise
Dapper Dan hair
Cold hopeless stare
Goddamn he turns my stomach
Cigarettes and Sunday diner visits are his only escape
His only redeeming value
Is his love for the blues
And Hendrix in particular
But Hendrix can't save him now
No, not a colorful guitar solo
To brighten up his life
He is a lost cause
A sad case
A consumer of dollar peep shows
Always a dollar short
And a climax never to be reached
Like the everyday rub
Of running lines through future signage
He hopes for clock out time