Heart Attack

The levy breaks after the drought.

Still Life with Carved Wooden Heart (Pinsky)

I‘m Ancient Rome
I’m the Thunder Dome
I’m a  bony bunion
I’m a kidney stone.
I’m staying put
I’m going back
I’m a revelation
I’m a heart attack.

I’m win or lose
I’m subterfuge
I’m the tiny kid
The bullies choose.

I’m subtle hints
Influence
I’m awful news
With no conscience.

I’m the role model
You tried to coddle.
I'm a teetotaler
With a broken bottle.
I’m a teeter totter
With an open throttle.

I’m a brain clot
A train spotter
A stain spot
On an Edward Hopper,
I’m Rimbaud
Baudelaire
James Dean
And Fred Astaire,
I’m Alistaire Cook
Carol King
Maya Angelou
And Steve McQueen,
I’m Flea -
I’m Sting -
I’m Tupac Shakur 
and BB King.

I’m the centrifuge
The evening news
A wandering Jew
and a lighted fuse.
I’m the government 
A penitent
A protester 
and an innocent.

I break bonds;
Style a font;
I’m the kind of boyfriend
that your parents want.
I’m always ready;
Nystagmus steady;
Medals heavy
I break the levy.

I’m the crossroads
The way home
With everyone
I’m all alone.
I’m All in the Family
I’m Twin Peaks
I'm the Flintstones
and 
Freaks and Geeks.

I’m Robert Redford
Mickey Rourke
Bobby Dylan
and Peter Tork.

I'm everything
Your heart’s desire
I’m a smoldering cig
And a brush fire.

I’m a compulsive
I’m a waiter
I'm right now
I'm much later.
I’m a classic lyric
A timeless tune
An aficionado 
And a romantic swoon.

I’m a puppet
A pirate
A poet
A pauper
A pawn
and a King.
I’m Frank Sinatra
In a cold shower
With a bold mantra
When I sing.

I’m a ding-a-ling
A diggity dog
A flatted tire
And a fatted hog.
I'm toned up
Torn down
Was born yesterday
When you weren’t around.
I’m newly wed
I’m grinding gears,
Good in bed
I'm all ears.
I’m coming at ya,
I’m walking away
I see the big picture
Day to day.

I’m angry
I’m scared
Languishing
Unprepared. 
So sophisticated,
So elegant,
So real,
So . . .
Artificial intelligent.