I could not write a villanelle
My mind is battered by the sounds
The repetition seems too droll
The teacher said she’d pay me well
I fled into the underground
I could not stomach villanelles
I went by bus to Camberwell
The Monument looked sadly down
Our new leader rose from hell
Parliament like cardboard fell
Contempt dripped down Oxford gowns
He would not like a villanelle
Jesus wept and Satan yelled
No solution has been found
The people shudder, is this hell?
By no convention is he bound
Democracy he fines, impounds
I could not write a villanelle
We already sweat in hell
