Sonnets

After talking with the most delightful Shakespeare nut I know (yes, Pyrric) about them there Sonnets I went out and bought a collection, I think it’s the same one I saw on her bookshelf, got what looks like a blue tinged X-ray of a rose or something on the cover. I’ve read the first 4 so far and man this stuff ain’t easy, scan it the first time and I’m all what the hell is this dude talking about? If I pick it apart slowly, word by word, several times through, with frequent glances as the side-notes, I’m able to tease out a little bit of meaning...it’s exhausting, but pretty cool I guess. But so far I’m not too excited about the subject matter tho, seems Sonnets 1 – 4 can be read as “Yo dude, go out and make babies.” I hope it gets better.