My Bureaucracy Poem

Okay, so about a month ago, we had to write a poem or song about bureaucracy in my AP Government class. My partner, Rudy and I toiled day and night to prepare to present and with my good friend Cesar's help, we were able to record it. The end product lies before you.



For those of you who are Rocky Horror Picture Show literate, I hope you enjoyed the last bit. I changed the last "clap" to reference the dubious results of my school's "Mr. Segerstrom" competition, where the candidate a majority of the student body thought should have won did not.

I must say, although I'm happy my class really liked it, I was kind of disappointed in my performance. I feel like I sounded too much like myself, when I was going for a more British or at least deep voice, not unlike Christopher Lee or Charles Gray (Again, talking to RHPS fans). I'm not sure how many people understand what I was going for with the fancy clothes (I would have worn a smoking jacket if I had one and I would have brought a bubble pipe, but tobacco paraphernalia is prohibited at most schools, as you probably already know), but I guess what's important is they liked it.

I would like to thank Cesar and Rudy for helping with the video and presentation and a token thanks to my AP Gov teacher, Mr. Decker, since it's customary to thank an authority figure when you perform where I come from, even if they had nothing to do with the performance's execution (I'm not dissing you, Mr. Decker. I would never diss you, Mr. Decker. I just find that funny.)