THAT ONE I DID NOT DO

I Didn’t DoThat One

A Serious Sonnet
By Izzy Sommers
In Welland, Canada
For November, 2005

It seems to me, when I am low, that all
The ills that plague the world are caused by me.
Of course that can't be true, since most of them
Are caused by you... Oh pooh! That, also, is
Not true... I wonder why my mind distorts
The facts. I wonder why the axe has yet
To fall. In fact, I've wondered why we all
Don't turn to salt. It's silly, eh? In ancient
Times, Lot's wife was turned to salt because
She turned around to see the fall of
Sodom and Gomorrah. She was punished, not
Because she lived in sin, mind, but because
She turned to watch the cities burn... a little
Off the spot. I'm sure I caused it not!

THE END

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]REFRAIN:[

It seems to me, when I am low, that all
The ills that plague the world are caused
By me. Of course that can't be true,
Since most of them are caused by you...
Oh pooh! That, also, is not true...
I wonder why my mind distorts the facts.
I wonder why the axe has yet to fall.
In fact, I've wondered why we all don't turn
To salt. It's silly, eh? In ancient times,
Lot's wife was turned to salt because
She turned around to see the fall of
Sodom and Gomorrah. She was punished, not
Because she lived in sin, mind, but
Because she turned to watch the cities burn.
A little off the spot.
I'm sure I caused it not!