Performance Poet

I am a performance poet.
I gesticulate
Wildly
To show the strength with which
I, the performance poet
Emote.

I am a performance poet.
I think nothing
of telling audiences
My deepest, darkest secrets
Quiver with each
Mellifluous word
That trips from my tongue
To show the depth
Of my feelings.

I am a performance poet.
Occasionally, I bellow out a word
For emphasis
And to wake the bloke at the back
Who's clearly drunk
Because I am
A performance poet
And he couldn't possibly just be
Bored.

I am a performance poet
My feelings are laid bare for you
And I make sure
With my intonation
That you realise
How much
You should appreciate the intimacy.

I am a performance poet...

I wanted to be a
Stand up comedian
But I don't know any jokes.