Post-Date Sonnet

A sonnet, the Italian kind

“Home Alone” by cg.lindstrom is licensed under CC BY 2.0, modified by the author

There are a couple of things that I particularly love. One of them is writing in fixed forms like the Italian sonnet and the other is telling a story. Combining both was a challenge. This comes from a longer narrative.

And so she has two children. Why such gloom?
He was chewing gluey porridge the next day
in his rustic squat that needed a good broom
trying to…