Sonnet - "I'm S-Sor-- I'll Do Better Next Time"

It’s holiday season, well, summer holiday season at least, and you know what that means. Puppet shows, banquet halls filled with char-grilled pheasant... and apologies.

I’ll be better at this year’s bash, I vouch

Last time, my déclassé words made you cry

I’ll be careful not to stain your new couch

And I will not speak of Grandma’s hair dye

“Aunt M says her jewels are gone from the pouch.

 Have you seen them?” “I sure haven’t,” I’ll lie.

“That my wife and you in a tusslin’ crouch?”

“Not me, cousin, I’m not that kind of guy!”

When it comes to an escape, I don’t slouch

I do virtue well: “Only here for pie.”

Just found the keys to Uncle’s Ferrari

Seems to work much better than “I’m sorry.”

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