An Old Rascal
…and a charmer
We like to have news
of who comes and who goes
whether they’re friends
or redoubtable foes.
I have received a letter
from my best mate
and I gather that he is
the same old reprobate.
As there were no jobs
he became frustrated;
took the bull by the horn
and then emigrated.
He’s got more time
now he has retired,
he would like to write
as he feels inspired.
I suggest he relates
his luck with the girls,
whom he charmed.
with smiles, not pearls.
I don’t know why
they said he was fab
but believe he had
the gift of the gab.
He was very hairy
and also overweight
but was a dab hand
at getting a date.
Being a social animal
he liked to mingle,
yet, though gregarious,
has remained single.
Despite his old age
he seems recalcitrant
to show moral restraint
and continues to gallivant.
© Luigi Pagano 2020
Luigi, a leopard cannot change its spots. Or is it, “the spots cannot choose the leopard”? Either way, you’ve handled this in your usual adroit and polished manner.
Hairy and overweight, but can still get a date? The gift of the gab brings glitter to the eyes and builds the dream.
Talking of spots, Bhi, I remembered an old doggerel that was part of a ‘daft’ category which you may like to read. Here is the link https://ukauthors.com/ukaread/?wabdid=ionicus&member=ionicus&sid=2999
Luigi,
Enjoyed the leopards very much. It seems you have a poem for every occasion. That is an echo of a life fully lived.
It goes back to 2003, a time when this site was full of life and great fun before the ‘serious’ writers arrived to teach amateurs like me proper writing and, having failed to educate me, left. 🙂
Luigi, I liked it; it brought to life a personality; and why do the ugly blokes often get the girls?
It’s a mystery. I never understood why a handsome bloke like me always lost out to him. LOL 🙂