Leo stopped being lovely a long time ago.
Poem (audio)
Leo stopped being lovely a long time ago.
sometime early in the new century.
The longing for him left the “whimsies”.
The idea of ocean cruising or being stranded
with him on the beach got... lost...
and dreams flying off into the sunset
dipped downhill and dissipated.
Listen, looks fade and all—
but it wasn't facial lines setting in
nor scruffed-up graying of the hairs
on his chiny chin-chin
that ultimately did him in.
Well beyond those bedroom eyes
and babyface becoming no more...
It was... the fading of his flair
that had been quite debonair,
the loss of his benign allure
and winsome charm
giving way to him
willfully putting on airs
that did him in.
As much apparent the lines
written on his face,
more so — a hideous hypocrisy
It had developed in him
and enveloped him.
How it hindered
his whole persona!
A holier (a-hole -ier) than thou
above-it-all attitude came over him—
made him utterly unbecoming
and it has only gotten
worst with age
and ego continuously stroked.
Leo stopped being lovely.
No longer he is the beloved
substitute Romeo to die for.
His star has long wanned
No longer he's our universe.
Leo stopped being lovely a long time ago—
but the world did not stop.
This was great.
I particularly liked this stanza —
“It was... the fading of his flair
that had been quite debonair,
the loss of his benign allure
and winsome charm
giving way to him
willfully putting on airs
that did him in. “