The inspiration for this episode is a sonnet–a Shakespearean sonnet–with which you’re unlikely to be familiar; 

Sonnet 30, you see, isn’t commonly ranked among Shakespeare’s finest works. It’s neither read to romantic lovers, inscribed on elegant tombstones, nor quoted in popular films. 

Indeed, you’ll very seldom hear a recitation of its fourteen forgotten lines. 

And yet, to our purposes, my dear friend, I think it’s ideally suited. 

I hope that you enjoy this meditation on loss, regret, remorse, failure, and–that by which all sadness in life is wiped away–friends. 

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