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Don't blame Me

This is the unusual villanelle  
unusual because got just two rhymes,  
but hard enough to make us cuss like hell  
 
Or seek some peace in a religious cell  
those two rhymes just in, count em, nineteen lines,  
this is, the unusual villanelle...  
 
But here's the worst bit on which I've long dwelled  
though I know it's no use for me to whine,  
because they're hard they make me cuss like hell,  
 
there's ten syllables per line! the death knell?  
it's like rubbing a wound with salty brine,  
this is the unusual villanelle!  
 
These things were pastoral like rural dells  
(they must a cussed a lot back in that time,)
cos they're still hard enough to cuss like hell.  
 
Five tercets, one quatrain to finish well  
Rhymed ABA. ABAA, last lines.
This is the unusual villanelle  
But, hard enough to make us cuss like hell...
Written by Rew
Published | Edited 17th Jan 2024
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