You Can Never Be

by Twan - Aries

I can never be 
Anything you want me to
I can never be tough, I can never be gangsta
I can never be glue
I can never be things that I never wanted to be
Why's that make sense to only me?

I could never be in charge, and do the right thing
because diseases would be cured, people would sing
But they don't want that, they don't want peace
they don't want anything that'll leave them with the least

I could never be a musician, popular with teens
because everyone would hate me for not wearing jeans
Let's hear it for a man who was hated in his time
And now you'll play his music...while he's on my dime?

I could never be an athlete, because I'd be around too long
And whatever I did, it would probably be wrong
I could fight with someone, and i'd be called a goon
how the hell is that less distracting than a fake moon?

I could never be a CEO, patrician like Dobbs
Make oodles of money while others lose their jobs
inside this muck, I am mired
but I'd sure love to tell that bastard Trump "you're fired"

I could never be a porn star, tried and true
because I'd be forced into scenes with Vanessa Blue
And while for others that seems ineffectual
I'm into other kinds-specifically, transsexual

I could never be a politician, for reasons known
get caught fucking a girl and my cover's blown
And get back into office, and eventually to the top
And die in the middle of a vodka shoppe

A meteorologist? Weatherman?
Ignored when I'm right but when I'm wrong I'm panned
I'll stick to being a guesser, like William Hurt
and like a fool, there's a stick in the dirt

So there's a lot of things I could never have done
Oh, wait, I think there's just one
I can't be outside, and I can't be in bed
but I can hold my breath til I turn red. 
:)
Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2005-10-31 23:43:16
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:54
Poem ID: 71013

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