A winner, a swinger, a ringer.

A looker, a loser, an up-on-his-lucker.

Someone looser, someone tighter,

definitely not an all-nighter. A whiner,

wine-swiller, someone to entertain

the fundraiser chicken dinner.

Someone with handlers, another with baggage,

one with the umbrellas, another with the rain.

Different faces, symmetrical and un-.

A smoker, a non-, a joker, a song.

Two lungs, a heart, a head, a leg, a leg.

The drink, the dregs. The beggar, the begged.

Definitely an all-nighter, all-dayer, a swayer

of opinions, a bringer down of hammers.

An issuer of kiboshes, a knitter of knishes,

a whetter of knives, a weather of whether

or nots. A forget-me-not, a violet,

a violin, a cowbell. Someone old,

someone new, someone borrowed,

someone blue. Someone happy,

someone researching happiness,

someone who was happy once.

Someone false. Someone true.

A failure, a failure

who has found success

from failure, a feeler,

a feeling, the flu.

Sugar, salt, and acid.

Lake Crescent, Lake Angry, Lake Placid.

A shouter, a touter, an outer.

An innie, a sharpie, a shark.

What you want. Who you want.

Who wants you. The ditty,

the lark, the dark.