love this word

cantankerous

adjective

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative : a crusty, cantankerous old man

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Don't talk to me

I'm cantankerous

I'm ornery and rude

and irate.

If I say something now

that hurts you somehow,

forgive me.

I'm just in a state.

A state of hysteria

weird, but emphatic

So please, keep your distance

For now

Though tomorrow may bring

more "cantankerous-ing"

Understand, I'm just having

A cow.

In the main,

I'm an angel

A regular gem.

Though my halo hangs

rather askew,

But remember, my dear

when bugs fly in YOUR ear

that "cantankerous" will describe

YOU.