SONNET GAUNTLET: The Quest For Truthiness

I must admit, I lied a little bit

When I claimed to be sanguine 'bout the loss

Of NASA's poll to that - I won't say twit,

As that has connotations, and a gloss

Of coolness that do not apply to him -

Let's say "showboat," Colbert. I'm a bit mad,

But just a bit. My own prospects are dim

Of having my own cult like that. For shame,

I'm jealous, and I've lied in sonnet form!

My nose is too long and it's growing now;

My temper is too short. So I perform

A sonnet mea culpa (on a dare).

O Ommus, really, you had not a prayer.