HONEST VILLANELLE
Here's the first line. It will be recast
and used again before this poem is through.
And here's the line I’ll end upon at last.
The challenge of a villanelle is vast.
I started poorly, reader, telling you
Here's the first line. It will be recast,
and even though I knew it was half-assed,
I figured, well, at least I know it’s true.
And then I wrote the line that would come last.
By now, dear reader, you are shocked, aghast,
and wondering if you have grounds to sue.
Here’s the twelfth line. Like the first, recast,
its vapid senselessness is unsurpassed.
It’s like a food you cannot taste or chew,
as is the line I’ve told you will come last.
I join you in your hope that it comes fast.
We all have much, much better things to do.
Here’s the first line, thoroughly recast.
And here's the line I’ll end upon. At last!
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