Torn Pants and Bibles

Dead Beat has taught university football players who thought poetry was for sissys. He taught Dudes who thought it was funny to roll over their vehicles. He taught women who tore open the seat of their pants and sought to accuse the male species of voyeurism. He taught the Religious Right who advocated the use of smacking and the Religious Right who advocated the use of bible thumping and the Irreligious Left who advocated abuse of abuse. He taught rolled over vehicles and sissys. He taught torn pants and bibles. He taught and he taught and he taught, and at the end of the day Dead Beat taught himself this: you can't teach anyone anything, but the least you can do is teach yourself.

Write what you have to write. Learn from your mistakes. Repeat them and learn once more.