“ Belligerents ” ~ upstart to old fart ~

 

They transform,

From newborn

To unformed,

Pending attain

The far reaches

Of misinformed,

As egotistic upstarts

Soon reflect as norm,

So till transmogrified

To realm of old farts,

In a state deformed

Beyond any reform,

Ne’er falling short

Of such belligerence,

Becomes an adroit art

For carping such retort,

Much like a toxic dart!