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What on Earth Is this Feeling

by @dev

what on earth is this feeling (yellowing formaldehyde) kind of like old heartbreak reeling a vivisection, never healing coat & spray on the insecticide what on earth is this feeling criminal butterflies stealing the cogs & screws in my arthropod insides kind of like old heartbreak reeling heartthrobs come frenzied then unfeeling my vague worries preside what on earth is this feeling whateverphobia; a personal ceramic ceiling to myself, is how I've always lied kind of like old heartbreak reeling carcass littered webs are usually unappealing my own web has much to elide kind of like old heartbreak reeling what on earth is this feeling
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Written by
dev
Irish
Published
Dec 18, 2012
Time
2m
Notes

the villanelle has been often used (for the element of repetition in the form) to express feelings of dislocation and disassociation. I've always found it ironic that such a rigidly structured poem could be used for such a feeling. (I completely said 'fuck it' with the meter, though)

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