Tag: villanelle

Things that don’t work

Making sense of crazy people interactions,
thinking about your life like a movie,
expecting people to follow written instructions.

Picking stocks, tree-based knowledge organization,
communism, acupuncture, counting calories.
Making sense of crazy people interactions. 

AI methods that don’t leverage computation.
Jokes, pulling out, quality over quantity,
expecting people to follow written instructions.

Explaining board games, books (non-fiction),
fixing relationship problems by having a baby.
Making sense of crazy people interactions. 

Waiting. Arguing. Without the G word – religion.
Solving supply shortages with consumption subsidies.
Expecting people to follow written instructions.

Tearing your hair out because people don’t follow written instructions.
Wanting to be liked; as pets – chimpanzees.
Making sense of crazy people interactions;
expecting people to follow written instructions.

(From Things that don’t work)

Villainelle

Opt for the treadmill, you’ll be running in the nude,
My cat slept through a blizzard in Florida this year.
One person says something that sounds true.

Install a fake microwave on the wall you never use;
Surprise! If a funny looking cat appears,
Opt for the treadmill, you’ll be running in the nude.

Sleep in the middle of the room;
Just wait until the third of April when your friends hear.
One person says something that sounds true.

Have a tortoise deliver your package for you,
Flowing through the water in a reindeer.
Opt for the treadmill, you’ll be running in the nude.

Prank: put your name on a balloon.
Putting your car keys in the freezer;
One person says something that sounds true.

Don’t be surprised if it sings Happy Birthday back at you.
In my house, there are porcelain ponies, I swear.
Opt for the treadmill, you’ll be running in the nude;
One person says something that sounds true.

(From AI generated April Fools pranks)