A villanelle containing my second favourite word (flummery)
The new world order, a triumph of thuggery
Demented dickheads belching lies
Oh get me, get me to a nunnery.
Masses of minions engage in flummery
Striving to quell temper’s hair-trigger rise
The new world order, a triumph of thuggery.
Rumours of strippers and patent adultery
Outrageous claims of penile grandize
Oh get me, get me to a nunnery.
Hungry man monsters, fat and blubbery
Consuming control, the ultimate prize
The new world order, a triumph of thuggery.
Where once prevailed an outlook summery
Clouds of dismay beyond outsize
Oh get me, get me to a nunnery.
There is no more a viable snuggery
Or words of comfort for those few wise
The new world order, a triumph of thuggery
Oh get me, get me to a nunnery.
(standing ovation)
ReplyDeleteYou win the internet. Marvellous!
ReplyDeleteOn point. Yes.
ReplyDeleteAnd bring us with you. This is masterful, Helen!
ReplyDeleteBrava!!! I bow to your mastery. The third line had me (literally) bursting out laughing.
ReplyDeleteI hope you don't mind - but I linked to this in my regular Monday post on A Separate Life. It's too good not to share.
DeleteSmile. (And big thanks.)
DeleteOMG. If this isn't a work regularly studied in literature courses in Days to Come (should there be any), then, well, the world will have greatly missed out.
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