Nothing I Knew

Pictures were taken until I was blue;
I got my camera at a thrift shop.
But I saw pictures of nothing I knew.

The Canon Camera came into view;
it caught my eye and so I had to stop.
Pictures were taken until I was blue.

I took some pictures of Kalamazoo;
O Michigan has bucolic backdrop.
But I saw pictures of nothing I knew.

Then I snapped pictures of Sammy and Sue;
yet what developed caused my eyes to pop.
Pictures were taken until I was blue.

I even captured a local news crew;
they got a scoop for which they were on top.
But I saw pictures of nothing I knew.

Photographs suffered from some bugaboo;
maybe it’s Twilight Zone mystery swap.
Pictures were taken until I was blue;
but I saw pictures of nothing I knew.


19 Lines (Villanelle)
Writer’s Cramp
February 13, 2014