Introduction

Poets, don't mess with a Muse
They're often very bad news.

The Truth About Dave

There once was a hermit named Dave
Reputed to misbehave.
I know what you've heard;
Don't believe a word,
He lived all alone in his cave...

Except for a Muse named Erato,
Who sometimes would visit his grotto
And inspire him to write
Verses banal and trite
'Cause Erato was usually blotto.

So poets, don't mess with a Muse.
They're often very bad news.
They'll wreak depredation
On your reputation
If they can't handle their booze.

Copyright; Tad Lawson
Email: tagady@aol.com