I think they had "gone viral"
well before March
well before March
2020 when we had to put a stop
to all functions where people
gathered and where the coronavirus
to all functions where people
gathered and where the coronavirus
might spread and get a full grip on us.
But the villanelles didn’t
stop—there were one per day in March,
But the villanelles didn’t
stop—there were one per day in March,
and even more in April—
can’t yet speak for May.
Think how sick you’d feel if you had to edit
can’t yet speak for May.
Think how sick you’d feel if you had to edit
hundreds of villanelles, insidiously
constructed for the cloning of aural
features, such as rhyme. The Ides of March
constructed for the cloning of aural
features, such as rhyme. The Ides of March
came, and the new Julius
Caesar was still howling in the forum
about taking more and more constraints off the coronavirus,
so I’ll keep writing villanelles for another decade of Marches.
Caesar was still howling in the forum
about taking more and more constraints off the coronavirus,
so I’ll keep writing villanelles for another decade of Marches.
