Poem: I Don’t Like The Band Rush But I Almost Wish I Did

A poem about how I don’t like the band Rush but I almost wish I did…

The song ‘Tom Sawyer’ is pretty cool,
though only in 40 second bursts.

One right at the start, then another,
nearly two minutes in. They seemed

nice in all their interviews, and
so many great musicians love them —

but, really? C’mon! That cartoon
voice, silly tunes, and a drummer

doing his maths homework right there
at the kit. He carried the ‘one’ everywhere,

subtracting it from the groove. A nice
addition would have been to offer

some semblance of feeling. Instead,
it’s just robust nonsense. I wish I

could like them…but I’m human.
I have a heart, and need my music

to have one as well. For a band called
Rush, I just don’t feel the blood. I don’t

hear any anger, any energy. They’re
patting heads, and rubbing tummies.