Sharp Turns An American Sonnet
I’ll slam with much more originality
than that cadence you chose to copy.
Who are you? Where is your voice?
It’s a fixed game of multiple choice.
You sound just like everyone else,
a rhythm that’s played out but still sells.
Left out too long the ice simply melts,
you ache to forget such repetitive bells.
I’ll slam just a little bit harder and crash,
rather than stay secure inside of a net.
A filed down road is so ambivalent
it lacks the character of sharp turns.
I said what I said let’s have some fun,
breaking the eggshells a battle’s begun.
Copyright © Melani Udaeta | Year Posted 2025
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