As I read this poem during the Thanksgiving week of 2017, America is still embroiled in a slew of scandalous sexual misconducts perpetrated by man toward women. It seems every man of power from movie producers and comedians to politicians are being outed as sexual predators.
 
Of course, we all know that this type of sexual misconduct occurs. It has always occurred and it always will occur. 
 
A fiend is a fiend, and we must not coddle or protect or make excuses for him. Instead, we must show another way. 
 
Men must seduce women. It is in our nature and it is part of the joy of living. Seduction should not be centered around power, cars, cash, clothes or casa. Seduction should be centered around the fine use of words.
 
In this the poets can teach us much of how to seduce. After all, the poets are the grandest users of words as well as above average livers of life. To them we must go to learn the seduction techniques and the arguments to make to... well... to get laid.

Words are the weapon of choice for a grand poet and for a good man. Learn how to seduce from a 17th century poet.

Kirk Barbera