Slurring his notes

He's the keynote speaker
and he's fooling
with the boys.

He's drooling
over the girls
and telling
all the wrong jokes.
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It's like
he's been plonked
in front of a piano
in the Royal Albert Hall
and the piano has been drinking.

It's Last Night of the Proms
and he's slurring his notes.

It's a complete
and fucking disaster.
Who booked this guy?
And why?

Heads will roll.

the piano has been drinking

Thanks to grasshopper for reminding me what a great album Small Change by Tom Waits is.

This is song-inspired blip No. 4

Poem copyright Bernard Young 2011