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the truth about an average man | poem

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David
Jul 01, 2026
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keeping things simple is harder to do.

but an average man only needs

five minutes alone on the shitter,

before being told there’s something to do.

a gutful of meat and potatoes

a glass of the hard stuff in hand

and good woman, who on occasion

gives it up. there is an outrage

in their grape shaped eyes

that comes once you express

over a plate of potatoes.

the man …

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