Brown Nose

Walt, you're probably
disappointed--

I've ignored any semblance of
allegorical mishmash
     connective tissue to
the past remembrance of
great heroes,

I guess I'm slowing down,

on birthdays
on Turtle Island atomic holocaust
                                       nightmare
while the non-grass carpeted world
                        howls a selfish
                        self-same, self-aggrandizing chorus
           at
an uncaring pitch
           relating stories

sadly

a million seconds in the wrong direction--

I've lost
grip on
the metaphor.