POEM - The Band Never Got it Together

There once were some dudes in a band

Who took instruments in their hand

They sucked awful bad

Their lyrics were sad

The band didn't happen as planned

Nothing could save us

Well, nothing except the basics

            Like learning to actually play

Knowing how to read music

            Awesome vocals and sweet licks

What we had was good intentions

            The energy of youth

A place to play without interruption

We were still awful

I wrote lyrics of varied genre

My favorite a punk masterpiece

            Titled “Politics Suck, and So Do You!”

There were love songs too

Because love songs make the girls stop

Make them think you are more

            Than the regular dumb boys

But none of it worked

I christened us the Psychedelic Cantaloupes

That was one of many names

Changed sporadically

Based on our mood

Or where we might be

We were or will be committed Dadaist

Which is something that both exists

And is a chicken on roller skates

That does not play the drums

            As well as it doesn't play guitar

The cat asked the fiddle to dance

The fiddle put the cat in a trance

Stole wallet and keys

The car and some cheese

And the cat still never learned to play guitar!