Did you know you could write a rap sonnet?
Just change up the rhythm a little bit.
Got a spectrum brain it might be helpful,
Get some structure and let me be myself.
It’s a classical mode of expression
Better men than me went that direction.
I believe everyone’s on the spectrum.
Tell you what, apologies cost nothing.
Throw down a sonnet, throw down every day,
14 lines to say what you wanna say.
Dante, Edna—you’re in good company.
It don’t need to be priceless, it’s for-free.
Throw down and someday they might forgive you.
And if you think in sonnets, I’m with you.
I like to think in syllables & rhymes
Say what I wanna say in 14 lines.
Or 28 if I wanna say more,
I call a double sonnet a Seymour.
Throw one down and release your emotions,
Playing with syllables & rhymes. Maybe
Need to drain your brain, it’s a solution.
Jewel would say there’s a reason sonnets be.
Shakespeare rocked & maybe they were a woman
Didn’t care if anyone preserved em.
Now you can throw it down up in the cloud,
Or send it here and I’ll say it out loud
Throw down, never know, it might outlive you.
And if you think in sonnets, I’m with you.
07.26.2023
