Bad Instructions

The desk I bought was do-it-yourself kit;
wood pieces held together with small screws.
Pound with a hammer to insure fine fit.

I needed a place in my den to sit;
a place for pen and paper and my muse.
The desk I bought was do-it-yourself kit.

I will admit to chomping at the bit;
thus I unboxed it with no time to lose.
Pound with a hammer to insure fine fit.

As to construction, I got on with it;
I read directions--saw exploded views.
The desk I bought was do-it-yourself kit.

I figured my new desk would be a hit;
a den addition to remove the blues.
Pound with a hammer to insure fine fit.

Yet ere the hammer fell I had to quit;
I knew a dented desk would be bad news.
The desk I bought was do-it-yourself kit;
pound with a hammer to insure fine fit.


19 Lines (Villanelle)  [Rhythm: 10]
Writer’s Cramp
August 30, 2014

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A villanelle is a nineteen-line poetic form consisting of five tercets followed by a quatrain.
There are two refrains and two repeating rhymes, with the first and third line of the first tercet
repeated alternately until the last stanza, which includes both repeated lines.
The villanelle is an example of a fixed verse form.