Peter had a habit of stopping people
in the street and asking them about
their problems
He would inform them of the solutions
Peter would look for people in trouble
and tell them what to do about their trouble,
even though Peter was problematic
Peter could not do anything practical
like carrying groceries for the elderly,
as he a bad back and other ailments
When the young people had issues
they would come to Peter because they
knew that Peter also had issues
and would listen to them.
I had not seen Peter in years, but saw him
last summer, outside a bar
he was drenched in sweat, stomping up to people
and screaming,
"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!" "WHAT IS WRONG?!"
the people looked into Peter's blazing eyes
and walked away
Problem solved.