Too much self-centeredness is counted sin
Yet I must speak of what I feel myself.
Therefore it boots that I either begin
With self-concern, or place it on the shelf
And only dust it off for couplet use,
Leaving the rest to general interest.
But forcing either way feels like abuse,
Robbing the sonnet of important zest,
Giving it a two-toned, piebald feel,
The parts being divorced and set asunder.
I would prefer to keep an even keel,
Not letting either part be keelhauled under,
But keeping them together: both my thought
And common, joint concerns from which it's wrought.
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