i before e (except after c)

i before e, except after c
or when sounded like an a
as in weigh, neigh, or sleigh.

drop this rule when -c sounds as -sh
like ancient, species, efficient;
but what do we do about
neither, height, leisure, weird???

Or abseil, albeit, atheist, beige,
caffeine, codeine, deity,
feisty, forfeit, heifer,
heinous, heir, meiosis,
protein, sleight, surfeit,
their—for crying out loud, THEIR, veil?

Oh poor me,
What do I do when I forget the words
that are pronounced with an a
like deign, freight, and vein?

What do I do if I apply the rule to protien,
Forget the rule when spelling concieve,
Mispronounce deign as deegn,
And spell it diegn instead?