The King of Bores + 

Abundant bores afflict this world, and some + 

Are bores of magnitude that come and⁠—no, + 

They’re always coming, but they never go⁠— + 

Like funeral pageants, as they drone and hum + 

Their lurid nonsense like a muffled drum, + 

Or bagpipe’s dread, unnecessary flow. + 

But one superb tormentor I can show⁠— + 

Prince Fiddlefaddle, Duc de Feefawfum. + 

He the johndonkey is who, when I pen + 

Amorous verses in an idle mood + 

To nobody, or of her, reads them through + 

And, smirking, says he knows the lady; then + 

Calls me sly dog. I wish he understood + 

This tender sonnet’s application too. + 