Italicized & Ostracized

I’m that word

that doesn’t rhyme

One syllable

too short for time

My meter keeps

a different beat

As though

I shuffle two left feet

I’m a lyric

without song

Writing rhythm;

righting wrong

My misplaced, comma

gives me, pause

My “clever” quotes

are without cause

I’m ALL CAPS

shouting in bold

Mazzmyrrheyes;

long name, I’m told

Silver apples

in italics

Leaves of gold

left out

of context