Still from The Joe Rogan ExperienceOn Joe Rogan’s Interview of Demi Lovato, by Jeff Kemper The Society November 23, 2021 Culture, Poetry 5 Comments . Making Asses A meditation on pop star Demi Lovato’s expounding on her newfound sexuality in an interview on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast (28 March 2021). Are pop stars making asses of themselvesBy flitting all about like little elves,Elucidating little nothings likeA youngster on a Santa-given bikeEnjoying being free without a care? Do their assertions carry aught but airWhen they avow their fresh moralityWith feral findings from the murky seaOf their own perforated intellect?The bar is low. What more can one expect? Said she who tap-danced with the devil, “I’mSo fluid now. I was, like, all the timeSo closeted. But now, whatever movesIs welcomed. I’m not one who disapprovesOf sex with boys and girls and anythingBetween. Pansexual! I’ll have a flingWith L-G-B-T-Q-I-A. No myth!You got that right. That’s what I’m going with,The Alphabetic Mafia—carefreeIn my, like, sexual fluidity!” Are pop stars making asses of our kids?Are they the demi-gods who close the lidsOn God’s good grace, go farther than too far?Is this the food that nourishes a star?But tragicomic victims, she, and they,And we, of that primeval evil DayWe all spurned Eden’s Park for Devil’s Den.The Snake is out and laughing once againAs evermore. No doubt, the ship is wrecked.The bar is low. What more could we expect? . . Jeff Kemper has been a biology teacher, biblical studies instructor, editor, and painting contractor. He lives in York County, Pennsylvania. NOTE TO READERS: If you enjoyed this poem or other content, please consider making a donation to the Society of Classical Poets. The Society of Classical Poets does not endorse any views expressed in individual poems or commentary. 5 Responses Yael November 23, 2021 Nice! I love how a classical poetry framework makes the everyday political and social commentary rant so much more palatable. I don’t even know who Demi L. is and I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but how something is being said evidently makes all the difference. Thank you for educating me. I’m learning every day. Reply Joseph S. Salemi November 23, 2021 Lovato only proves that you can be a total psychological and emotional trainwreck and still become a rich celebrity, as long as you spout the right politically correct platitudes, and posture as a “victim.” Reply Paul Freeman November 23, 2021 Demi Lovato became famous as a singer, but branched out into celebrity-ism once the hits dried up. Reply C.B. Anderson November 23, 2021 Good work, Jeff. You hit all the key points and show show-biz for what it really is. The myth/with rhyme in the second stanza is superb. For one thing, it forces us to face how we feel about voiced consonants and their unvoiced counterparts. Reply David Watt November 24, 2021 Jeff, I think you have the vocabulary of Demi Lovato down pat in the second stanza. The word “like” is like compulsory these days, preferably more than once per sentence. Your poem is like, very nicely done. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Yael November 23, 2021 Nice! I love how a classical poetry framework makes the everyday political and social commentary rant so much more palatable. I don’t even know who Demi L. is and I don’t listen to Joe Rogan, but how something is being said evidently makes all the difference. Thank you for educating me. I’m learning every day. Reply
Joseph S. Salemi November 23, 2021 Lovato only proves that you can be a total psychological and emotional trainwreck and still become a rich celebrity, as long as you spout the right politically correct platitudes, and posture as a “victim.” Reply
Paul Freeman November 23, 2021 Demi Lovato became famous as a singer, but branched out into celebrity-ism once the hits dried up. Reply
C.B. Anderson November 23, 2021 Good work, Jeff. You hit all the key points and show show-biz for what it really is. The myth/with rhyme in the second stanza is superb. For one thing, it forces us to face how we feel about voiced consonants and their unvoiced counterparts. Reply
David Watt November 24, 2021 Jeff, I think you have the vocabulary of Demi Lovato down pat in the second stanza. The word “like” is like compulsory these days, preferably more than once per sentence. Your poem is like, very nicely done. Reply