168 - More People

I am D B Cooper

I am Al Capone

At least it’s true inside my head

When I am alone

I am Liberace

I am Manilow

All these people come to me

From somewhere down below

I am Lt Columbo

I am Michael Caine

I can be anybody

Here inside my brain

I could be Winston Churchill

I could be Brad Pitt

I might be a hero

Or a piece of shit

I am many people

All at the same time

It’s not schizophrenia

It’s a different state of mind

I am people who inspire me

They all make me, and that

Is perhaps an explanation

Of why I am so fat

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This poem appears in the book World’s Bestest Poetry Volume Two, available from the Shop!