Poetry?

Today's not really a poem per se.

It's more of a song. But songs are LIKE poems! Right?


A little information before we get into this song.

Imagine this takes place at a bar. Its dingy and dark and dull. And there's just a bunch of drunks at the counter talking about their miserable lives. The bar staff have to listen to it and after work all talk about what THEY want in life.

Ricky the bus boy wants to be a rock star.
Becky the waitress wants to be rich.
And Danielle (Dani for short), just wants to help people.



Bar Staff Blues
Ever since I was a little boy,
Being famous is all I wanted to be!
Acting and singing gave me so much joy,
But not as much as strangers staring at me!

I've always always yearned for the spotlight!
The center of attention's my spot!
And I won't give it up without a fight!
Someday I'm gonna be a big shot!

Cause I was born to perform!
I'm gonna be a rock star!
I'll weather the storm,
And I'm gonna go far!
I'll get out of this town
And leave this crappy old bar!
And I'll never back down!
Just to be a rock star!

When I was just a girl of 3 or 4,
I wanted to win the nobel prize!
But the call of money got me more and more,
Now I have dollar signs in my eyes!

So I went to school and took up accounting!
I did it just to make lots of dough
And now all my money is mounting
But its growing way way to slow!

I wanna be super rich,
And drive a super nice car!
I may be a bitch,
But I'm gonna go far!
Kiss this town goodbye
And say "To hell with this bar!"
Before I die,
I'll be as rich as a tzar!

When I was little all I wanted to do
Was help the people who came to me!
Just listen to their problems and help them through
Is what gives me so much glee!

I flunked psychiatry in university!
At my first interview I was nervous.
My resume had no diversity,
So I couldn't work in social service.

I just wanted to help,
People to live their dreams!
But now I'm a whelp
For this bar so it seems.
And all the staff,
Have insanely mad schemes!
I just want to laugh,
But I'm drowning in screams!