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Dirty Old Man's Poem

Text of Poem

A dirty old man’s poem
what shall I say.
I lust after girls.
I roll ’em in the hay?
A tomcat at night.
lie drunk in the gutter.
make witty remarks like,
‘‘a girl’s friend is her mutter?’’
Too slow for a wolf.
a wild grape on a stem.
and girls who taste me
I’ll squirt juice on them.

First Line
A dirty old man’s poem
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1976
Original Citation
Periodical of Art in Nebraska (Summer 1976) 9.
Complete Poems
293
Word Count
59
Poetic Form
closed
Themes