Tells the funniest of funny jokes
Knows how to tickle ribs
Keeps it to pale shades of blue
When she adds ad libs
Has twenty minutes to first impress
The impression she projects
With her mirror practiced mirth routine
Her real self protects
She talks about her life so far
Adds her comedic spin
Is heckled by the bar room great
Who began before she could begin
Then twenty minutes later
She thanks the barroom great
Gets an ovation of indifference
From the gathered eight
And dazed by her experience
She leaves the laughter club
There’s another eight to entertain
Another eight who’ll snub
The stand-up stood before them
Dying on her feet
Another twenty minutes gone
Another gig defeat
That she endures to make it big
To TV show showcase
When sold out auditoriums will
Indifferent eight replace
And then one night they listen