Tuesday, July 23, 2013

the aging hipster

by Dan Leo

illustrations by penmarq studios




I am the aging hipster, 
and everyone despises me.
Yes, I’m just an aging hipster
and everyone’s finally wise to me.

It’s horrible to be old
when you peaked at twenty-five,
And I’ve no need to be told
that no one cares if I’m alive.

I only thank God for the internet
For Facebook and for Youtube.
I comment and chat all fucking day and yet
To these brats I’m just a boring old boob.

I’m thinking of making up a new Facebook account
and pretending that I’m young and cool again;
I’m tired of being called a superannuated cunt
By every callow smart-ass hooligan.

Don’t they know I once shook hands with Iggy,
and even shot up once with Basquiat?
And, yes, I even once got jiggly
with Patti Smith when she was drunk at

Max’s Kansas City.
So why do I feel so shitty
when I look in the mirror?
I’d even settle for some pity,

but the contempt could not be clearer
in the eyes of the young fops
in the bars and coffee shops;

To them I’m barely visible, 
and if I am at all I’m risible.
I’m just an aging hipster

with my moth-eaten black beret.
I’m just an aging pathetic hipster.
And, I know, I should just go away.



4 comments:

  1. Self-Esteem Champion of the World! If I were that person, I would want myself to go away too. Not based on anyone you've seen in the mirror, I'm sure. (Fun!)

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  2. Any similarity to persons real or imaginary is entirely intended!

    Thanks, Mayor.

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  3. Everyone's entitled to feel sorry for oneself. Threatening to go away if fine. We're pulling you back in. The written voice exists forever. And if If you're loud enough, I suppose someone hears, like it or not.

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