Ego Trip

Freelance, you came along and said,
“Entrance me with your verse,
Parlance so rare it’s almost dead
Perchance reverse the curse!”

Now such entreating shook my heart,
How it appealed to me,
Thou knew that I would, from the start,
Bow to my vanity.


This is an example of a Lento: 8 lines, abab cdcd rhyme scheme, and the beginning of the first four lines should rhyme, as should beginning of the second four lines.