Not drunk enough
but not sober enough

to stop
myself

getting up
& belting it out

Freda Payne’s
BAND OF GOLD

to bemused amused
punters

who loudly
applaud my efforts

giving it
all I got

(the pain is real
enough)

now all
I’ve got

left

is this

Karaoke love.

Dónall Dempsey

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/since-you-ve-been-gone-9/