"He'd been this guy" | 2

The second time I met the olden geezer
a sense of with'ring hovered on his features
a hint of sniffles in his voice?   no sneezer
he was withal   no happiest of creatures

yet when he saw me   how his eyes grew bright!
(you'd think I were his favorite son or something)
"You know" he said "I thought of you last night"
I said "I thought of you"   it seemed a dumb thing

to utter   to this hero from the trenches
the battlefronts of love   & its relations
the field where men must bare their souls for wenches
and if they're lucky   shine in his creations

he'd been   this guy   a make-break impresario
a friend to both philosopher   & lothario



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