I never voted for Prince
but he always had
my complete support.
Yet there is something
now
upon which I feel
I must stamp my veto.

O acoustic musician:
I know you mean well
with your hastily planned cover
of that artfully constructed song.
O earnest folksinger:
You are trying so hard
but we all need not pay the price.
O open mic songster:
stop the aural violence.
Stop the Prince cover songs.

At the least
work harder.
The songs deserve better.
The audience deserves better.
Your throat deserves better
than your ill-fated falsetto.

Please
give up.
Good will
will only take you so far
before we revolt
and commit some sort of regicide.