Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Song Of The Bashful Balladeer

I kid you not, kiddo—

We’ve been here by the river before but

What the dickens, pretty delightful,

Too cute for words?

 

That’s what you’d like

People to say about your work,

Huh? How sweet it must

Sound even to us with tin ears.

 

And those line endings! However

Do you arrange them so

They can be read more

Than one way? Such adroitness

 

Of syntax and coy rippling

Word play must need be

Recognized rather than

Left incognito by you.

 

But when all’s said

And done, we know

You’ll have it your way;

So no need to wring hands, no

Remorse, sans angst, just

Fire away, because it’ll all come

Out in the wash some sweet day.

 


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