BUKOWSKI WAS WRONG ABOUT SONNETS

As the spirit
wanes
the form
appears

The thing is
people rarely ever make me angry;
it's only their ideas
or the lack there of
that gets me riled

'Sonnets be damned'
he said
for it is only as the spirit wanes
that the form appears
aye, but this can be blessed hope
for those with waning
spirit

As the spirit
wanes,
the form,
the structure,
the meaning,
appears,
cold and broken,
wise and soft spoken,
and it needn't be a sonnet,

just the truth

As the spirit
wanes
the form
appears