Performance poetry

Some of my writing can be harder to perform because there are multiple characters. The hardest poems I write have two speaking characters and a narrator, which makes performance nearly impossible. I generally explain beforehand that I will talk on one side of the microphone as one character, on the opposite side of the microphone for the other character and in the middle as the narrator. With the little to no practice that I do before a performance it makes it fun, if only to laugh at how bad I screw it up. The following poem is not the hardest poem, but certainly in the same spirit. Afterthought: I wrote the following poem approximately at the same time as the start of the (second) Iraq war and while parallels can be drawn, I assure you, that was not my intention in the least. I was just writing a story, nothing more. I realize now that I say this in almost all of my posts, I wish the ending were stronger. The cop didn't prove he was a man as it says, he just protected his pride. Also, there are too many exclamation marks, but this is really a poem to perform and not to read. I will have a video up (hopefully tomorrow) with this poem. (I finally have access to a camera, so we will see.)

"Drop your weapon!"
The cop said to the man.
As to face him, the man turned around
"Drop your weapon to the ground!"

The cop pulled out his gun
and started counting, "One!....."
The man then shouts
"I don't know what you're talking about!"

"I know you have a weapon, so drop it now!"
The man knew he had to explain, but he didn't know how
"Twooooooo
I will not hesitate to shoot!"

Tears started to fill the man's eyes
as he realized he was going to die
but why?
for some cops pride?

The cop thought the man had a weapon
but now, obviously wrong
the man's life he'll take
as to not admit his mistake

"If you don't give me the weapon I will shoot!"
"I don't have a weapon to give you!"
The man wished he had a weapon
so he could lay it down for him

But the man was unarmed
about to be permanently harmed
"Three!
No choice you've left me!"

The smoking gun in the cops hand
proves he's a man
He's saved the world again
from a threatless man without a weapon.