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# And I Quote
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- Published: 2022-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Quite recently, I've found a new technique for complimenting my disgruntled lover. No need for mystery, nor for mystique. It is the Bard himself that gives me cover. You see, I've found he has one fifty four. One fift...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Quite recently, I've found a new technique  
for complimenting my disgruntled lover.  
No need for mystery, nor for mystique.  
It is the Bard himself that gives me cover.  
You see, I've found he has one fifty four.  
One fifty four! And each a better sonnet  
than I could ever write, so I adore  
and serenade her with them. How? I'm on it:  
I wouldn't dare to borrow from the Bard.  
His ghost would haunt me and disturb my slumber.  
The answer, and it's really not that hard.  
She says: say something nice. I pick a number.