Normal works from nine to five
Normal wants to learn to drive
Normal doesn’t think aloud
Normal melts into the crowd
Normal laughs at normal jokes
Normal hangs out with the blokes
Normal’s reading normal books
Normal sticks to normal looks
Normal isn’t weird or strange
Normal sees no need for change
Normal’s aspirational
Non-denominational
Norman’s normal, that’s ok
Ava’s average, come what may
But Zeke’s a freak and Todd is odd
And Jane’s a punishment from God
Normal’s limbs all work just fine
Normal sits with neutral spine
Normal’s straight – in every sense
Normal’s sitting on the fence
Normal’s happy with its gender
Normal man is not too tender
Normal woman not too tough
But normal isn’t good enough
So normal craves success and fame
Normal isn’t quite the same
For women as it is for men
Normal goes to bed at ten
Normal’s hers and normal’s his
Normal’s what it says it is
Normal thinks like normal should
Normal thinks that normal’s good
Normal keeps you ‘in’ and cool
Keeps you safe from ridicule
Cos normal folk are never cruel
To other normals – as a rule
Normal’s neither thin nor fat
– Who the feck decided that?!
Is this definition formal?
Who determined what is normal?!
Normal tricked and normal lied
– I couldn’t be normal if I tried
Being Normal
