Hard Core Old Fuck

Every summer

I feel like I am a new man.

I am one who believes

Identity is fluid, but

It is in the early summer,

When I know who is going

To be playing for the Stanley Cup,

When I,

Just as the

Penguins

And

Red Wings

Will in the coming days,

Take measure of myself.

Within our fluid identity

There are some things

That are hard core.

I remain one part rust,

Three parts burned out.