exhibitionist

been trying
not to drink
bad feeling,
to put down
jealousy
like a dead-
eyed dog,
to tempt
fate apart,
drawing up
pedestal
blueprints,
playing
the mule,
too cool
for half-
assed
schooling,
a breaker
tripped
ad nauseum,
one day
an un-
pleasant
display at
the museum.