Kesher Talk

Last week there was a challenge posted to see if anyone could write a proper, scathing villanelle about the current situation. For those of you that don't know, a villanelle is the most frustrating form of poetry on the planet. Well, of course I wrote one and submitted it. Let me know what you think:

Must every European hate the Jews?
Absurd some say but how absurd, who knows?
If not, though, why is that what they all choose?

You’d think that after World War II they’d lose
Their spite for Jews, but in their veins it flows
Must every European hate the Jews?

Their poll results do nothing but confuse
Israeli acts, by law, they must oppose
If not, though, why is that what they all choose?

But worse, damage accompanies their views
An ember from a synagogue still glows
Must every European hate the Jews?

The worst, the French, might make designer shoes
But force the masses to eat escargots
If not, then why is that what they all choose?

But jokes aside, the problem continues
Their rhetoric sounds like the P.L.O.’s
Must every European hate the Jews?
If not, then why is that what they all choose?

posted by Rami @ 4/30/2002 05:38:52 PM