id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
genesis-27018	Spurling, Alex	Ode to Gray Men	2023	1	.pdf	application/pdf	87	2	60	Ode to Gray Men Alex Spurling I’m no spring chicken inside I feel rowdy young and tempestuous I am tawdry and bold never mild smoking in corners flying by the seams violating étiquettes The Trumpeting Troubadour! a hot iron skillet, a grease fire hoppin’ out of the pan The residue of boyhood– powder kegs with short fuses Mighty Roar! mighty squeak! No longer, nimble in the feet No longer, sound in the mind I’m still a grease fire and I’m no spring chicken. - 68 -	cache/genesis-27018.pdf	txt/genesis-27018.txt