BAR SCHOOL by Patti Cassidy

If  guy buys a babe

A shot and a beer

Every Saturday night

For almost a year-

He might think it’s time

For him to move in

Then he sees another guy

Buy her tonic and gin

When they walk out together

He orders a mescal

And slides down the bar

To pick up the next gal.

It’s not money wasted

It’s a lesson well-learned,

You change up the drinks and

You might not get burned.

Patti Cassidy's been on the poetry beat for most of her life, but she's best known for her  plays- many of them set in bars. Find her in Boston... or Paris. Or wherever fine spirits are sold...