I like Mastodon but one of my pet peeves is that the character limit is usually just shy of the length of a #sonnet! Reminded of this one by a post I shared so here it is, in two parts. #poetry #FormalPoetry
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I am a spirit, lacking earthly form,
trapped in a body by fate’s cruel decree;
my mind is wind in an electric storm
that rages on a brain inside of me.
Look not to matter to explain my soul;
I am not merely flesh and bone, nor can
a dancing flame be trapped by lumps of coal.

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