Just kid.

Teaching other peeps to be cruel 
is an odd hobby for an ex-straight 
-shooter like me. 

I don't mean 
I went gay. The opposite, 
really - don't "read in" 
if not necessary, 
I say.

Rather grim 
and glum 
I've 
become, 
giving apt advice 
to the wrong people, 
maybe. Helping them 
with their aims, when 
I might have helped 
them aim! Still, 

we go better safe than
dead, they say. 

I do try to help 
where I can, anyway. 
Some you just can't 
help, some you can. 

If asked, I'm a huckleberry 
up for all jam. But 

I do try to talk, goad 
wheedle and coax 
the folks out of it 
some, as they grouse 
and whine. Who 

the hell 
am I 
to tell, right? So far 
from wrong it's a spot 
so broad and blue 

as yesterday's sky.