Sunday, March 22, 2020

Virtual Open Mic

What a sweet dish I am!
I have a few minutes,
but why would I want to share myself with a bunch of aggressive performers in a room?
Not coveting fame,
not looking to manage the from-whom and for-whom,
what a sweet dish I am!
I could begin
with my poem about not craving virtual replacements,
now that we’re not supposed to be getting together in a room
anymore. Some Sam-I-Am,
signing up for my five minutes,
among all these other dishes
who are here to perform.
Well, if this were a righteous strip-tease show, I could abide it,
but it’s just a bunch of aggressive performers with their clothes on in a room—
a virtual room,
to make it even more claustrophobic!
What a sweet dish I am!
OK, I’ll sing, but my songs will be butt-naked!