until

until you publish that book
that they find on the store shelves,
you are not a writer &
until you record that song
that they hear on the charts,
you are not a musician &
until you play that part
that they find in the movie in the
theater,
you are not an actor &
until you pay that money to go to
that college,
you are not a student &
until you go on a diet & buy those
beauty products,
you are not pretty &
until you vote for someone to do
something,
“you have no right to complain” &
until you believe in a “god(s),” a
“spiritual path,” or “a belief in
beliefs,”
then you are not an honest person
(not to be trusted) &
until you accept all this as the only way
to be,
you’ll have a good chance at
happiness.