Sonnets: My Will
My Will
While making out my will I need to think
‘Bout who has done me wrong or done me right;
To whom to leave the gold or leave the zinc,
And hoping that my choices start a fight.
Perhaps I lack the proper will intent
And should base all decisions out of love.
I shouldn’t use this document to vent
Espec’lly if I hope to rise above.
But O, I find it sweet to hold a grudge –
Not Christian like or saintly, please, I know –
I have some faults from which I will not budge.
I’ll take it up with Satan down below.
I may regret it, but right now I find
Sometimes it’s just more fun to be unkind.–
Lady Penelope
Penny Peyser, aka “Lady Penelope” is an actress / writer / documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Her sonnets have been published in Defenestration , Blood & Bourbon, Page & Spine and Chantwood Magazine among others. Highlights from her acting career include The Hot l Baltimore original production at Circle in the Square, the films All the President’s Men, The InLaws, The Frisco Kid and TV series Rich Man, Poor Man II, The Tony Randall Show, Crazy Like a Fox and Knots Landing. Please visit http://Linktr.ee/penpeyser for all links and to learn about her documentaries Trying to Get Good and Stillpoint. And now Penny Peyser has gathered all of her sonnets into a new book, “Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake”. It is a work of pure genius!
Too good…every time!