Good stuff!
David, I'm glad I inspired you. I like it! And thanks, Gail. It's funny we both write self-hating villanelles. You've inspired me to write another:
HONEST VILLANELLE II
Before I'm done, you'll sicken of this line.
Three more times you'll hear it, sad to say.
You'll want to stick it where the sun don't shine,
then go and have yourself a glass of wine
and hope, when you get back, I've gone away.
Before I'm done, you'll sicken of this line.
You'll call it stupid, dull, or asinine,
and if you keep on reading, come what may,
you'll want to stick it where the sun don't shine.
The weird part is, I've done it by design.
Villanelles have rules they must obey.
Before I'm done, you'll sicken of this line
and yet the blame, I promise, is not mine.
It's in the rules. It's in the game we play.
You'll want to stick it where the sun don't shine,
and you won't want to be my Valentine
inside this poet's nightmare Groundhog Day.
And now I'm done. You've sickened of this line.
Go on and stick it where the sun don't shine.
Last edited by Roger Slater; 10-22-2018 at 11:01 AM.
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