Sonnet LYII [by Mitch Sisskind]

Sonnet LYII

Man, you're being way too hard on yourself;
Don't bang a hammer on your own head.
If you want to make a good statue of an elf,
Use a big piece of wood or a rock instead;
People's weak spots are always easy to find,
Especially your own, which is why they're weak;
So find something else to occupy your mind
Like how an eagle only carries food in its beak;
Like how if we compare a bald eagle to an elf,
How the bald eagle flies like a silver streak,
While meanwhile the elf is too hard on itself
And at best is considered something of a freak
   Luckily I came along to point this out
   As when rain falls after a long drought.

Comments

[David Schloss]

What Will should have written.

[Jan Haag]

Wonderful! Delightful down to the last couplet!

[Summer Brenner]

Luckily for us, you came along!

[Bruce Kawin]

A real sonnet for a time when people don't write paper letters but address the public. Now they get a reply. Mitch is constantly insightful, reliable, satirical, and on the ball.