Gérard de Nerval wrote in the early nineteenth century, "The first man who compared a woman to a rose was a poet, the second an imbecile." You ain't seen nothin' yet, Jerry! What follows are some collected scribbles from my pen spanning forty years.
Sonnet XVIII
I do so love Shakespeare. He truly makes slogging through life somewhat more bearable, says this ever optimistic linguaphile. Here follows the second sonnet of his I learned. Would you believe I was introduced to it via a live Fugs album?
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