Friday, June 21, 2019

Resentment Sheep

Let’s not and say we did!
That way, no one can say we didn’t.
We’ll work on something else instead.
Should we bake a loaf of bread
or cook a pan of apple puddin’?
OK, let’s not and say we did!
We always keep our plans well-hid,
and if we fail, we say Good riddance!
and concoct other plans instead.
For example, we might write the Aeneid,
even though Virgil already wrote it.
Please don’t and say you did!
screams the voice of Dido from the dead.
Your poetry has no passion in it.
Write a political blog instead!
Your best plan's to go to bed.
OK, we’ll do that in a minute.
We won’t sleep, but we’ll say we did.
We’ll count resentment sheep instead.