Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

The humble goldfish plods through thick tobacco juice
He'll swear to all in earshot he's a bass
The modest pigeon stumbles across the twisted steel strewn about the
skyway
He shrieks like a hawk
The timid pup vibrantly nibbles at the massive pillar of coffee
table
With pious asperations of Bernard
The skittish figure intoxicates his cheeks
with Moloch's hot, piercing rays
Babbling to Hubris--ancient familiar friend
Babbling thoughts of humanity