The villanelle is trouble:
it’s like you’re on the bubble
of beginning to see double.
It’s like you’re on the Hubble
when the lens begins to wobble:
the villanelle is trouble.
It’s like you’re Barney Rubble
scratching itchy beer-stained stubble
because you’re seeing double.
Then your lines begin to gobble
up the good rhymes, and you hobble:
The villanelle is trouble.
It seems you’re sure to bubble
glib words and merely babble
because you’re seeing double.
Because the form is flubbable
and really not at all loveable,
the villanelle is trouble:
it’s like you’re seeing double.