The poet won’t buy you a drink

Don’t request it

Don’t suggest it

Because the poet won’t buy you a drink

 

It’s not that he wants to refuse

If he could do

He would love to

But the poet won’t buy you a drink

 

It’s not personal, please understand

Don’t feel rejected

Or neglected

If the poet doesn’t buy you a drink

 

The problem is purely financial

There’s no way

On his pay

That the poet could buy you a drink

 

So next time you go to a gig

Do your part

Support art

And buy the poor poet a drink