The Guru of Angst
Dressed in black with short-cropped hair,
he milks the udder of despair. A poet,
singer, lover, and thief, he turns the sour
milk of life into pure gold and lives like
a lavish prince. With a haunting voice he sings
of the pain that people want to hear, confirming
their misery and robbing their anguished
soul of every hope of being free. He drinks
red wine for breakfast and beds groupies
because he can, and to ease his ennui he flees
to a secluded monastery to study the ancient
teaching of the selfless life. But when he’s
had his fill of the selfless life, he returns
to the scene with new poems to sing, and he
reaffirms once again his icon status as
the insightful guru of angst.
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