24 in 24 – Hour 11
A Villanelle for Father Time
Father Time couldn’t stop thinking about time
Itself/Himself so slippery and loopy
Never had he known anything so sublime
Every morning, Father Time bathed in fresh lime
Then filled himself with warm stopwatch soupy
Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time
Later on, Father Time was spooked by a nude mime
Which reminded him of the last time he made whoopy*
Never had he known anything so sublime
Mother Earth tried to distract him with some ditch dime
Said his mind needed to get a bit more goopy
Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time
Father Time knew he was long past his prime
His crime was becoming dull-witted and stoopy*
Never had he known anything so sublime\
Father Time broke down like unregulated enzymes
His mind became dangerously droopy
Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time
Never had he known anything so sublime
*Work with me here, party people!
Update 4/5/2022: Jade Beals offers a villanelle in response (and it's a doozy): [https://jadenicolebeals.com/2022/04/05/a-villanelle-for-the-times-poem/](tab:A Villanelle for Father Time
Father Time couldn’t stop thinking about time Itself/Himself so slippery and loopy Never had he known anything so sublime Every morning, Father Time bathed in fresh lime
Then filled himself with warm stopwatch soupy Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time Later on, Father Time was spooked by a nude mime Which reminded him of the last time he made whoopy*
Never had he known anything so sublime Mother Earth tried to distract him with some ditch dime Said his mind needed to get a bit more goopy Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time
Father Time knew he was long past his prime His crime was becoming dull-witted and stoopy* Never had he known anything so sublime
Father Time broke down like unregulated enzymes His mind became dangerously droopy Father Time couldn't stop thinking about time Never had he known anything so sublime
*Work with me here, party people!
Update 4/5/2022: Jade Beals offers a villanelle in response (and it's a doozy): https://jadenicolebeals.com/2022/04/05/a-villanelle-for-the-times-poem/)