A sad truth

a slightly bitter poem

Nobody wants to date a poet

Not really

They might think they do

At first

But they don’t

Trust me

It is as if poet s are incapable of receiving love

In fact the only way a poet has any real chance at all is to lie

Lie through their teeth

Say they are not a poet

Say they haven’t written a single poem their entire life

It may be sad

But its true

You see no one can love a poet

Not even another poet can love a poet

You can be a writer a rabi, musician mortician or even a nun,

a stripper  a sailor a pastor a tailor or even the  manager of the local wonder bun

and you have a chance

but the second you say you are a poet

 forget it

its over

that’s it

you see

they will want you to write them a love poem

and when you cant

or wont

or it sucks

like love poems always do

(except for sometimes to the person who their written to)

They will realize their mistake

And leave

You see

It is the comics joke

The poetic justice

The sad truth

So my advice to you is

If you are a poet

And you start feelin a bit lonely

Buy a dog