If I Knew Then

[Wjames]

If I Knew Then...

I'd have been bull lubricious 
rather than china shop cautious The 'bull in the china shop' doesn't really work for me, I don't think you've changed the idiom enough to make it interesting, although I like the word lubricious. I think the meaning here is good with the rest of the poem, basically 'I wouldn't worry about consequences' - I think you could say it better though.

I'd have clad my little cat feet 
in fourteen-hole Docs
and trucked in like a rhino 

I'd have been the bad boy
sucking your tongue
just to recount it to the boys 

I'd have ripped the stuffing 
from the Teddy Bear
and exposed myself honestly 

Is Now really too late?

Hey Tiger, I like this poem, I just think the beginning would be better with something more unique than the idiom. 

To me the poem is not about regret - 'Now' is tomorrows 'Then', and it isn't too late. It's more of a call to action.