Last time you did that piece
you were wearing a slightly stained shirt.
Last time you did that piece
she looked amazing.
Last time you did that piece
you really emphasized the word cock.
I mean really emphasized it.
Overemphasized it
like it meant something special to you
like you had suddenly realized
the true meaning of cock
and you wanted the world to know
your understanding of that true meaning.
It was weird, y’know?
But kinda sweet, too.

Last time you did that piece
you rushed the delivery near the end
and cheapened the punchline
or what was the presumed punchline
from the last thirty times you did that piece.
The last time you did that piece was,
after all,
a week after the last time you’d done that piece,
which was itself just a week after the time before you’d done that piece.

You must really like that piece
or be really forgetful
or think the audience is really forgetful
which we aren’t,
by the way.

The last time you did that piece
wasn’t bad.
Maybe you could make that last time
last for a little while longer
maybe?