This Anthropologist I Once Studied With. By John Doyle

He reminded me of Bill Murray, Garfield the Cat;

so it came as no real shock 

that little more than months later

Bill Murray would play Garfield the Cat,

thanks to this Anthropologist I once studied with -

deadpan, dour, 

upper-lip a tent that protected his lower-lip

from any retort that might just shoot him down -

like that tribe deep in lush-green jungle he once lectured on.

Stephen who later became a bit-part walk-on 

in shampoo commercials

still swears to God that he saw him smile that day -

we wondered 

if that Murray-scowl would ever be the same,

sitting around a campfire 

under starlight

playing awful 1996 alternative-rock songs 

on his guitar -

for polite
but bored senseless natives

John Doyle became a Mod again in the summer of 2017 to fight off his impending mid-life crisis; whether this has been a success remains to be seen. He has has two collections published to date, A Stirring at Dusk in 2017, and Songs for Boys Called Wendell Gomez in 2018, both on PSKI's Porch. 

He is based in Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. All he asks is that you leave your guns at the door and tie up your horses before your enter.