Shakespeare stopped at 154. I couldn't.
So after Sonnet Station was picked up by Unsolicited Press, I immediately set out to put out another collection.
Of sonnets.
And what better unifying theme for such a collection than this magic number, conveniently also the number of sonnets in a sonnet crown? The number of days of creation in Genesis. Of deadly sins. Wonders of the world... You get the idea.
As did my publisher, scheduling it for release in the Spring of 2028.
Which seems a lifetime away in our first spinning world. But have I got a deal for you!
Order now, and you'll instantly get the the epub edition of the book, followed up by a special, illustrated hardcover edition, personally signed by me, when the book makes it to press.
See, you knew this was clickbait.
But you clicked anyway.
And I'm awful glad you did.
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Admit it: you knew better than to click,
but now entrapped and clicking like a zombie,
still searching for the promised nifty trick,
avoiding pop-up ads from Abercrombie
& Fitch -- boy, they do wonders with those buttons,
the Next one moves about, so that you miss.
Wait, what is that? A diet made for gluttons!?
No, must continue, "x" it out, dismiss....
As you do battle armed with but a mouse —
for some of you, it's just an index finger —
you wonder if this happens to your spouse
when he is "hard at work"...but do not linger.
Aha, that's better, here's the trick at last.
Turns out the nifty diet is a fast...
To get the rest of this poem, you know what to do 😄