Not drunk enough
but not sober enough
to stop
myself
getting up
& belting it out
Freda Payne’s
BAND OF GOLD
to bemused amused
punters
who loudly
applaud my efforts
giving it
all I got
(the pain is real
enough)
now all
I’ve got
left
is this
Karaoke love.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/since-you-ve-been-gone-9/