LANE SHULER

Lane Shuler
Dances in the corner
undulating to moves
that are his own.
He feigns being unreliable
with charisma
only partially deniable
but he usually pulls through
in a clutch.
He is dedicated to his craft
with more apathy than most
but in the quiet hours of the night
he scribbles on paper
and grips his pencil or pen
in his mouth between lines.
Because his craft isn't just poetry,
it's life.
And he's not done finishing all the lines.
So everyone will just have to wait for the final unveiling
and people will say
"Wow, that was Lane Shuler?"
But his closest friends and peers will already know
that in addition to consuming beers and nachos,
Lane was also consuming life's literature.

Copyright ©2018 Ashi Shadow - 4/16/18 - originally ended as "Lane also consumed Shakespeare."
* Apparently Lane does not drink.
So "Beers" needs to be changed.
I have come up with several possibilities: churros, fritos, football, nascar.
I have not decided on one, yet.
I also don't know which is most accurate for Lane.