1000 Sonnets

LV: Leisure

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Shandon Lewis
Jun 23, 2025
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'twas earlier today I said I'd write,

but found my fingers didn't want the pen.

Instead, they twiddled with some YouTube trite,

distracting doleful me now once again.

So, watching Platos preach upon the screens,

believing one and any little thing,

and judging jesters on their jokes and means,

'twas so that I, a peasant, played a king.

And what a pansy, peasant …

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