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Sarah Miller
Sonnet!
To say that you are only a "starrier"
Is to say you are only a harlot:
A cheaply used, rigid sentence marker
That decent and formal language forgot.
I hate you when used in obscene excess,
Yet, while in a fury, 'tis you I need.
Whenever I am to feel your success -
Oh! But to you, I refuse to concede.
You threaten a course of action to take,
As your presence may indicate a sense
Of frenzy; broken promises you make
When interpreted under false pretense.
A gloriously foul punctuation,
Yet you cause me such damn aggravation!
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