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.