CAP’N SPAULDING

It’s a travesty, he said
that you’re not better treated.
Your art is astonishing
and you are an icon.
Your performance was stellar
he said
and the disrespect you experienced,
well, he said, it makes me sad.

A name like yours
with talents so pronounced
should be heralded across the cosmos.,
he said, with an epic hand sweep,
and your face –
I’m not going to sleep with you,
she said.
Excuse me, he replied,
I really must be going.