I've written funny poems, written a heap of those <br />But sometimes all that rhyming gets up people's nose <br />So I thought I'd try proper stand up and use words which didn't rhyme <br />I enrolled in a stand up comedy course to become a stand up comic sublime <br /> <br />The first task we were given was to write down ten things that we hate <br />Should be easy I thought, but could barely think of eight <br />Then we had to write down ten things which made us feel afraid <br />Rebecca said the fear of revealing fears was one which on her mind weighed <br /> <br />Our teacher Rob, likes his lists of ten and I couldn't expostulate <br />Because even if two were crap, you still had the remaining eight <br />This is going quite well I thought, and I'll no longer sound like Pam Ayres <br />Because, quite frankly, the stuff she does, does anyone really care? <br /> <br />We listened to a bit of Derek and Clive, comedians from the past <br />And I have to say their humour still packs quite a blast <br />To call the buyer of their record a fool, well they didn't quite use those words <br />And then play a few moments of silence, is the funniest thing I've ever heard <br /> <br />So I hope you like my attempt at not putting everything in verse <br />I've just done a proper stand up routine, and you heard it here first! <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2010)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-first-proper-standup-routine-humour/
