When everything is said far more is said than done

He carries on a lot
about urban blight
of societal rot
things not being right

While yearning for action
still without fail every day
he keeps losing traction
bogged down in most mundane fray

He digresses, slides back deplumed
self-centered, in ill humor
into role for which he’d been groomed:
The entitled consumer

who is unable to rein in his stride
though can’t be said he seriously tried