Peter helps

[tonywalt]

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.

[WolfLarsen]

I like it.

[Danik 2016]

I enjoyed your poem, Tony!

[Jerrybaldy]

Good job Tony. Best thing I've ever read that you've written ��

[angliholic]

I had a good laugh while reading this. Thanks for this funny read.

[tailor STATELY]

I find this vignette quite tragic... so you've done your part well :)

Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor