Sonnet #388

Early to bed and early to rise

Makes the worm early to demise

Judging books by covers is exactly what

The cover is designed to do, so that

A thousand words are saved for someone better

Suited to the innards. Bite no bullets where

One is best avoiding bullets, with guns: go around!

And what’s the deal with killing birds? I found

A stone and I would never hurt a bird

I need two birds to eat two worms and heard

A lovely song upon my window open

What psychopath tries to bounce their stones?

A life well lived is not a life of hurry and production

Instead consider beauty, joy, and holy contemplation