POETRY 499.1001 -- Riot at the Hyatt--U. OF NEVADA, SPRING 2024

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RIOT AT THE HYATT

This joint is dead, it needs some promotion,

Ain't enough people to start a commotion.

Maybe if I turn my guitar way up loud,

All the racket might draw a crowd.

The place next door's got a five-piece band,

They must be costin' the club a grand.

You can hear them playin' all the way down the street.

Everybody's dancing to some Latin beat.

The crowd should have been here yesterday,

I had flyers up sayin' I was gonna' play.

Nice white print on a black background,

Printed up by the underground.

They're all next door and there's no cover at the door,

They're probably all out on the dance floor.

Could care less about me playin' here,

Watchin' the locals sip cheap beer.

The crowd ain't comin' over here tonight,

Here come the rednecks, there's gonna be a fight.

Better go to the car and get my 12-gauge,

Shotgun and park it up here on the stage.

The bartender looks like he's half-asleep,

The cocktail girls are buried six-feet deep.

The customers go through a shallow routine,

This certainly ain't the place to be seen.

Gonna hide my face when I leave tonight,

Don't wanna' get paid, it wouldn't seem right.

Look for a place they won't have to exume,

The crowd from a grave when I walk in the room.

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POETRY 499.1001--Thought Provoking Stuff--U. OF NEVADA, SPRING 2024

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Thought Provoking Stuff

I just can't recite anything off the cuff,

Most of what I write isn't thought provoking stuff.

If there's  one thing I cannot stress enough

Is my lack of talent to write thought provoking stuff.

There's just a mental hangup for writing something deep,

Every time I try I want to fall to sleep.

Don't look into this poetry for some hidden theme,

Or a revelation from a recent dream.

Leave it those who are divinely inspired,

Thought provoking stuff just makes me tired.

Becoming a great poet is something I would consider,

If I didn't have such a hangup for being a quitter.

Or being called a marshmallow or creampuff

For writing thought provoking stuff.

Take it from a man who's been around the block,

I'm not big on writing or even casual talk.

So please don't upset me or make me distraught,

By making me write stuff that provokes thought.

Rene Descartes once said; "I think therefore I am,"

But I don't know what he meant by that dithyramb.

Maybe it makes sense to Socrates,

As far as I'm concerned it's written in Chinese.

If I were to have a class in poetry,

There is something I would guarantee,

I'd be forced to drop out of society

Because it doesn't mean anything to me.

So if you're looking for some clever  rhyme,

Don't look to me for I just don't have the time.

I'm not here to fill the world full of fluff,

By filling up the universe with thought provoking stuff.

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