Nonsonnet

I’m not even gonna try to rhyme.
Pentametric verse is hard enough
With all those iambs prancing all around,
Five-footed limping couriers of sound–
That rhyme was accidental! Honestly,
I wasn’t trying. Sometimes rhymes occur
All by themselves, coincidentally,
Despite our efforts never to comply.
And there’s another thing: Those last two lines
Both end with “L-Y” words. That’s not a rhyme!
The endings look alike, but sound distinct.
Spelling jokes on radio don’t work.
That sentence made more sense inside my head.
Perhaps I should have gone with rhyme instead.