THE LENTINI CURSE

THE LENTINI CURSE A moment please, as I try to think upon it A number of rules to apply in fourteen lines It seems that it could be one form of sonnet Four lines per stanza that a quatrain defines If paid by the word, such a pity it’s not billable For the poetic accountant, a natural proclivity The time cost is counting every damn syllable It ends up as a dampener on one’s creativity Please note there’s the petty rules of rhyme And it must also end with a two line refrain Some may even say that it’s a waste of time I’m not too sure that I’ll write another again So I’ll wrap it up now, at least for this session As it really hampers my freedom of expression