I used to be a leech, a taker

The friend who, because he doesn’t have his own contacts

Hung around after the show for the afterparty

I was that guy

No more,

Now I am a maker, a builder, a driver

With poise and strength

I have my own connections,

And I am composed enough in my sense of self that I will not wait

Never again will you see me as some hanger on for some "afterparty"

I am the party now, before and after

I came to bring the pain

And you all will feel my reign

Because I will not wait

You there, the parasitic invalid without the manpower to ask for a girl’s number

You, you can be the waiter

Because I am greater than your puny sense of self can muster comprehension of

Tonight, I am unphasable , unshakable

I dare you to try me,

Because sucker, I came to party

I am the party; sucker, I a-am the party

Fuck your afterparty

Because I am the present and before too

© 2008 Eugene Aarons-Cooke