you used to play
music together

mostly original
with a few covers

that would hook
the bar crowd

our name should be
free beer no cover

you joked
that would bring em in

the music hooked
shag into a rug

rag into a shrug 
scott joplin’s weird kin

now there are many
who spend their time

and wild talent 
occupying the lives

of other bands: 
u2 can be lemon chile

these smiths mournful
mimics of morrissey 

and when you reunite
with your bandmates

after all these years
and play your songs

do you feel like a 
cover band of yourselves?