Thanks Julie,
Glad the mania is clicking. You've probably noticed that I've kissed the 14-line sonnet goodbye for the 15-line version that I derived, which is pretty loose with other rules as well. I especially like that the triple rhyme (lines 5, 10 and 15) don't hit with the regularity of the interspersed couplet rhymes. They kind of hang back with the final rhyme pulling the three together, as the first rhyming word may have been lost by the time the second arrives. Of course, I know they're there in the first place....
Limp petard is "leveraging", as the kids say, the secondary definition of limp, which is "flaccid". The limp petard is intended to hint at diminished masculinity.
Thanks for coming back.
Rick
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