Heraclitean Fire

Music soothes the savage beast —
or so the Romans said, at least —
but you still need to identify
what kind of beast you’re threatened by.
Gators loathe Puccini but are calmed by Johann Strauss;
crocodiles hate everything that isn’t acid house.
» Actually, the main source of that quote in English seems to be William Congreve, who really said [...]