Serial Poetry

Since I so enjoyed writing the poem for Five Iron Frenzy I have decided to make "Belated Odes to bands that Shaped My Middle School Experience" a regular feature here on Shoesareoptional. Well, it will be regular as long as I can think of things that rhyme (possibly indefinitely) and bands that I liked in middle school (there were so few).

Today, I would like to raise my internet based glass to MXPX in sonnet form.

Oh MXPX you certainly did rule,

"Life in General" filled me with pop-punk bliss,

"The Ever Passing Moment" was so cool,

And "Let it Happen" was something not to miss.

I thought you were the pinnacle of pop,

No other bands approached your mastery,

And nothing else could ever hope to top,

The joy that came to me from your Cds.

Once when I saw you live at a concert,

You shared the bill with boring other bands,

But you played so well I had to buy a shirt,

I lost the shirt but still count myself your fan.

Even though your recent output has been bad,

I will not soon forget what once we had.