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I Never Hosted a Poetry Reading


No one has called.
There haven’t been any requests.
Haven't gotten any messages on my answering machine.
I have searched high & low on caller i.d. for familiar names
                              but nothing.

There haven’t been any special requests.
I think I would be perfect for the part.
                              But nothing.
No one has talked about the possibility of me hosting this year.

I know for sure I would be perfect for the part
and it would really give my acting career a boost,
but unfortunately, no one has talked about me hosting this year.
I can see it now; my face plastered on all the magazines.

That would really give my acting career a boost.
I could work with Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman even
with my face on all the Hollywood magazines.
Have a diet Pepsi with Halle Berry.

I could work with Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman even.
I could be the bad boy in the next Bond film.
Drink diet Pepsi on the set with Halle Berry
as I recite poetry to her.

I could be the bad boy in the next Bond film.
Threaten to blow up the world in three days
As I recite poetry to Halle Berry
While we eat Popeye's chicken.

Threaten to blow up the world in exactly three days
If I don't get sixty billion dollars transferred to a Swiss bank account
while Halle Berry and I eat Popeye's chicken in a fully fueled jet.
Pierce Brosnan hot on my ass.




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