Beneath the Book Cover

The mixed up
fucked up
Jumble Man
that I was
and still am
lost my thought process
somewhere along the beaten path

To compensate
for this frightening
disorienting condition
I consumed 
a bitter synthesis mix
of bluster and arrogance
to bluff my way through
this life that rolls superficial
where flash attitude
easily eclipses and covers for
a lack of personal substance