Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? <br />I think I'd better not because you'll say <br />'You silly cow, you know I hate the heat. <br />It makes me cross and grumpy, and I'll beat <br /> <br />The living daylights out of those who sigh <br />And dream beneath a cloudless summer sky.' <br />How sad for you, the Aussie eye of heaven <br />Shines hot and hellish from around eleven. <br /> <br />By three o-clock you're panting in the heat. <br />This blood summer really has you beat. <br />Oh what the heck, no matter what you say. <br />Let's have a drink and celebrate YOUR day. <br /> <br />So long as you can breathe and I can see. <br />So long we'll share this muse called poetry.<br /><br />Alison Cassidy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-happy-birthday-sonnet-for-jerry/
