I am not a poet

So this is like my 3^rd time up here

The first two was sorta rough

Then it clicked to me

I am not a poet

I was like whoa

But I thought…

Then I was like f**k it

The pay aint that great anyway

 

I was confused

by the fact that I couldn’t

sway the crowd

With my intelligence and wit

Cause u know a sista think she smart right?

All I did was

Uhmmm

Aw..

and let me start over

 

No dropping of metaphors

And intelligent dogma

About the black man

Black woman

Black family

MLK…happy birthday

 

Nope I was that chick everybody tuned out

Heck I tuned out

 

Cause standing up here with that hot a*s light on ya

Ain’t no joke

Its like being in the middle a baby pool trying to do the running man

Contrary to popular video belief

all black women can’t dance

though the a*s myth is true

 

So I said self

Get up there

Spew forth

All your wordly knowledge

In 3 mins of less

Yeah that should just about do it

 

All right I ain't a poet
Comedians get p***y to right?

 

Reviews

[H. A. M.]

Damn. I feel like that all the time. I can relate to the hot a*s light. This is a list of fears I remember dealing with in front of people.
"No dropping of metaphors
And intelligent dogma
About the black man
Black woman
Black family
MLK�happy birthday"
Glad you touched on that. I've been rattling something along that line of what I'm suppose to be in my head for a while.
This is like something a beginer shuld read before they go on stage because it too true.
"Comedians get p***y to right?"
This was funny in it self.
This is funny and entertaining. A cool write miss. Stay away from them comidians.

[Journey]

I have a piece with the same title, but I really appreciate the humorous view you took with this. As far as the black myths go, I guess I now have two lines to get back in...the dance line and the booty line. Darn. lol

[Theta S. T.]

LOL...Damn!! I just did an open mic (it was my 3rd time too) every so often I thought I had the crowd but then....yea I lost them a little bit I was going too fast for them...but it was cool though I was sweating my a*s off!! I have come to realize that I am not a poet either but I can put a few words together that make some sense. I wish I would have read this before I went on stage the 1st time though....it could've saved me a lot of trouble. Anyway great write

~~Theta

[d]

...Standing up here with that hot a*s light on ya
Ain't no joke
It's like being in the middle of a baby pool trying to do the running man
Contrary to popular video belief
all black women can't dance...

...to hell with the title of poet...for you are a connoisseur of words...this is the type of flow that all those coffee shop bammas wish they could throw...there is nothing more admirable than personal truth...*snaps clapps & fingertaps sis* :-)

[Lulu Laflame]

This was great and funny too! Yes you're a poet... don't let anyone tell you otherwise. They're the doctors that don't like needles;)