VILLANELLE
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I should have known first aid. Like I could have saved her.
So I shadowed the professional librarians. I didn't say boo
For two, even three months. Worst case? People will learn
How to pronounce a new word and that's always good, right?
This is reflected in the marketplace, where sales have tailed.
There's a palpable sense of 2008 not being vintage for utterance.
The police said that the bartender's son was quote irreverent
Toward her pint unquote. He smoked cloves and blew
The gold horn under his kimono. I should have known
First aid. Like I could have saved her. We played this game
Where I let her steal my crayons, let her draw on my cave wall.
Roof for house. Boards for stage. Ivories for piano keys.
Peacemaker for missile. Pigskin for football. The tap faucet
Should not touch the tulip glass. Worst case? People will learn
How to pronounce a new word and that's always good, right?
Tools: scissors, pins, kosher salt, needle and thread, Exacto
Knife, Band-aids, vegetable oil spray, sewing machine
(Optional). Tip: the thinner the skin, the easier the folding.
The rangers found her automobile in the fuscous meadow,
Hidden by the tip of the volcano. I should have known first aid.
Like I could have saved her. I'm useful when the protag
Doesn't know or care about the names of the characters
She's canoodling with. So they erect this wonderful, velvety
Head on top. It's like Le Corbusier designing a muscular
Foundation. Worst case? People will learn how to pronounce
A new word and that's always good, right? Some of her figures
Were slain by spears and blowguns but that doesn't make clear
The predators such as the bull or the bear or the following
Emoticon: ;). People shouldn't have to worry when the school
Bus comes out to their house whether it's there to transmit
Their kids or to take their organs. I should have known first aid.
Like I could have saved her. Worst case? People will learn
How to pronounce a new word and that's always good, right?
Like I could have saved her. Worst case? People will learn