I Can Stop Anytime I Want to

whatever is in this parody
of a better man that makes us
crumble in fits of laughter
like operatic clowns
in a college of beat poets
where i write confessional verse
constructed of lies
and everyone else's lives
that unexpectedly disappear
when the night gets bumpy
where did that line come from?
with ice from the bucket
i try to keep well stocked
and end up as useful as Joseph