Whateffer.
(sonnet #MMMMMMCCCCLXXXIV)
Smoke like a haunting veil the greener sense
Of trees now sifts through, what are blue skies' hale
Note as how fire licks up the trimmings' tale
Whiles maple boughs just nod, leaves whispring thence
In concert to winds' playful touch as hence
What traffic is speeds past like that'd avail?
Should I dream of gone camping in betrayl?
I'm sold to Joe, where fishing chases whence.
Don't tell me twas a sorry joke he'd stir,
This whiter smoke at intervals some cue
Or screen I should consider as it were.
His eyes lost their mystique when I'd yield to
Those overtures. Tell me that patience'd cure
The fishy sense whose ghost belies he'd woo.
08Jul17c
Yes. After penning this last tribute to said character named Joe, I excised him carefully from all further stanzas. With relief, I might add. Or, you can correct me.