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Mind Downside Up
My crazy ideas have not run dry.
Mirror warped clearly, see a cracked shell.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Looked for those people who would buy.
Hope to hope, that this solution sells.
My crazy ideas have not run dry.
Talking fast though honeyed lips, was sly.
The sun beats down, from above, though the well.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Bargain accepted, the exchange made nigh.
Continued my decent into hell.
My crazy ideas have not run dry.
Dig, dig, will I ever see the sky?
This thought now, I can not dwell.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Water bursts though the rock with a swell.
The people cheer for the completed well.
Proving my ideas have not run dry.
Maybe my old brain isn't so fried?
Mirror warped clearly, see a cracked shell.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Looked for those people who would buy.
Hope to hope, that this solution sells.
My crazy ideas have not run dry.
Talking fast though honeyed lips, was sly.
The sun beats down, from above, though the well.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Bargain accepted, the exchange made nigh.
Continued my decent into hell.
My crazy ideas have not run dry.
Dig, dig, will I ever see the sky?
This thought now, I can not dwell.
Even though my brain is being fried.
Water bursts though the rock with a swell.
The people cheer for the completed well.
Proving my ideas have not run dry.
Maybe my old brain isn't so fried?
Two events in a row I get a villanelle! It's kind of close to having a meter, but one isn't required. A fair number of the rhymes are stretches, though: fried doesn't quite match the others in its slot, and neither does sells.
I like this idea that a well of ideas also provides respite from the sun as the speaker digs deeper, but the "will I ever see the sky?" is working against that, so I'm getting mixed signals. I'm not as sure about the last line. A villanelle does allow it to be altered somewhat, but you may be pushing how much you can get away with.
I like this idea that a well of ideas also provides respite from the sun as the speaker digs deeper, but the "will I ever see the sky?" is working against that, so I'm getting mixed signals. I'm not as sure about the last line. A villanelle does allow it to be altered somewhat, but you may be pushing how much you can get away with.