Reading the crits, I realize my cerebellum failed to pick up on several of the literary references. Were that not the case, I would likely have appreciated this poem more. I am, however, certifiably educated and so sensitive that I actually write poems. So, I think a guy like me should have been less put off by what hits me rather hard as an attempt to write in the 21st century very much in the archaic style of sonnetry. The first sentence is very Shakespeare. In a way, I admire the attempt more than I like the poem.
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