Sonnet - Summertime, The Livin’ Wasn’t Easy

"That’s ringing in my ear, not a cell phone"

Summertime, the livin’ wasn’t easy

No break in sight, bleak and battered to the bone

Woke up each day tart and bitter queasy

That’s ringing in my ear, not a cell phone

Ends rarely meet, this check is so measly

Hit the rhyme, punch that line, turn the big stone

Meat served bloody and dessert was so cheesy!

For my glum and dour soul, I must atone

Fall will be better, life must be easy-peasy

I’ll write verse so sweet, gaskets will be blown

I’m kidding. Life is bloated and greasy

The exit, many times I’ve been shown

‘Tis why I choose sour over breezy

I crack a smile, but with an inside frown

That’s why I’m that modern-day Shakespeare Clown.

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