Intensely mercurial Ray
wears a black turtleneck and beret.
A biting young thinker
and latte chain-drinker,
he comes here to write every day.
At the back of his favorite cafe,
he's quite striking with pen and moue.
He sneers at the fakes
who come in on their breaks
at the same &$*% time every day.
He'll never sell out his forte!
Nor despoil his muse in the way
of contemptible hacks
who don't sit in the backs
with a scowl and the roast of the day.
And so we leave brilliant young Ray,
to his genius and cafe au lait.
A national treasure,
with passion unmeasured,
he writes zero words every day.