Sense Sonnet - Acher

 Dog Days

"Dog Days" of summer is a phrase

Coined from old Roman and Greek lore

About July through August days

Filled with superstition galore.

Sirius, the dog star, be blamed

For causing hottest summer heat.

Female passion would be inflamed,

But male lethargy could not meet,

As rising temperatures be had.

Toll taken on humanity.

The rising temperaments be bad,

And lots of bickering there be.

Dog star, Sirius, would delight

Watching suffering from its bite.