…described himself as stodgy, with a moue.
I told him he should try another word.
“Fastidious or fussy is more true,”
and he: “You really think so?” fairly purred.
He ordered roasted chicken over rice
and ate the bird with picky elegance.
Effeminate, particular, precise:
if he were gay his moves would make more sense.

My friend thinks he’s too short to have the life
he long ago concluded is complete.
It’s likely he will never find a wife,
for she has 6 requirements to meet
(or is it 7 now? Each decade missed,
he adds a new condition to the list.)