This is the first line of my next sonnet

This is the first line of my next sonnet
quickly followed by the second line
the third line has those two stacked upon it
the fourth one, last in the quatrain, is fine

In the fifth line we continue the thought
and with the sixth go on supporting it
by the seventh line the sonnet ought
to let the eighth wrap up the gist of it

But the ninth line begins to contradict
the tenth continues contrary ideas
line eleven nears the end of the script
of line twelve's concluding panaceas

By line thirteen it is finally time
for fourteen to be the sonnet's punchline

Election Day

Democratic responsibilities
include the inducted right of suffrage
amongst many civil abilities
votes must be cast without any umbrage

Representation is the very core
of representative democracy
and if we want our just franchise and more
voting should be everyone's policy

But many folk will choose to stay at home
on this significant election day
for often it's hypocrisy to roam
amid the glad hand political fray

Politics is sanctimonious, sure
not ripe to stray from voting's sacred lure