hamilton
for some reason
i got to thinking
i wanted to write a poem about something that would change the world
i wanted to write about something that would make me look amazing
i listened to hamilton two years ago
thought: wow! i’m gonna do that.
not die, make a musical.
i wrote one song
and then i trashed it because it sounded like “aaron burr, sir.”
good song, not hate,
but do you think i can just make my song sound the same?
i got to writing
i’ve written so many poems recently i’m surprised my hands haven’t fallen off
i just sometimes laugh because i remember
that i started without a flow
only rhymes and in iambic pentameter
as if i knew what iambic pentameter
could only write verses of songs
not choruses
the key change was dramatic.