Steven Kent

A Sobering Thought
 
My sweet wife has never liked whiskey
   Or gin or the fruit of the vine;
When offered a drink at a party
   She’ll smile and say "soda is fine."

With me it’s a whole different story:
   A nip or a shot and all’s good,
And God knows I've often been guilty
   Of having more fun than I should.

Yet my driving record is perfect
   Despite all those nights at the bar,
While she can still manage cold sober
   To go and teetotal the car.

Steven Kent is the poetic alter ego of writer and musician Kent Burnside (www.kentburnside.com). His work appears in 251, Asses of Parnassus, The Dirigible Balloon, The Hypertexts, Light, Lighten Up Online, The Lyric, New Verse News, The Orchards Poetry Journal, Philosophy Now, The Pierian, Pulsebeat Poetry Journal, The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry, Snakeskin, Well Read, and Well Met. His collections I Tried (And Other Poems, Too) (2023) and Home at Last (2025) are published by Kelsay Books.