Villanelle Nr.11 — Existential Matters

It left his life in rags and tatters      
searching evanescent proof -      
grinding existential matters      
      
drove him nuts, mad as a hatter      
had to find that final truth …      
it left his life in rags and tatters      
     
for truth is like the rain that patters      
gently on a sloping roof      
announcing existential matters      
     
but life was spiked with constant chatter      
why the answer stayed aloof      
and left his life in rags and tatters      
     
finally ground down and shattered      
waved a magic wand and “poof!”      
abandoned existential matters      
     
joined a commune, grew less fatter      
eating healthy veg and roots …      
it left his life in rags and tatters -      
laughed at existential matters.