1000 Sonnets

XVI: Anger

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Shandon Lewis
May 28, 2025
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It’s he has all the energy I’ve not.

It’s he can get the work done that he sees.

It’s he that makes a change upon our lot,

but also all that puts us on our knees.

I’m constantly repenting for his deeds,

repairing what he’s broken for his ends.

For half of what he wants are truly needs.

The rest: the ruins left where he contends.

So drunk on what he wants are al…

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