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Brilliance Breeds Madness

( who is the villain of this modern Villanelle?)

By j.e.ridpathPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Brilliance Breeds Madness
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It is said that brilliance breeds madness,

And those minds are the most delicious;

(Finger licks, cold eyes flicker darkness.)

Elegant and refined wickedness,

So intelligently ostentatious;

It is said that brilliance breeds madness.

Devouring some just for their rudeness,

Others due to his childhood so vicious,

(Finger licks, cold eyes flicker darkness.)

Inferior humans are his weakness,

A human predator, injudicious;

It is said that brilliance breeds madness.

With sips of wine, blasé frankness -

Gourmet meals of victims so scrumptious,

(Finger licks, cold eyes flicker darkness.)

No name for this kind of evilness -

No name for this kind of malicious;

It is said that brilliance breeds madness.

(Finger licks, cold eyes flicker darkness.)

Villanelle

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j.e.ridpath

"No mud, no lotus" - Thich Nhat Hahn

Author of "a curious dream", available now on Amazon: https://a.co/d/1JgqhMd

Blissful, euphoric

Moments; self-destructive storms -

In poetic form.

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