I'm struggling hard to find escapes
From traps of old and well-known rhymes
Dictionaries delay, like big capes.
Pick words which echo modern times
So let's chuck old rhymes in verse two
June, moon, tune, noon, protected
Start verse three with a shock that's new
Misheard, absurd, unexpected
From classic poets, much to learn
But I shall censor 'thee' and 'thou'
Like them, make do with modern, 'you'
Invent new similes somehow
Although I always do my best
I start excited in a tiz
A bad start can leave me depressed
I'm not Shakespeare, only one is
No muse can help us pass life's test
Though AI edits all the rest
The way to pass life's daily test
Is starting early at one's desk
Your first draft has cliches, mistakes
But editing is all it takes
Thought can start or follow action
Just start, both bring satisfaction.
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