The 99 Poem Challenge
Fox-Trot-9
66. Villonnet — The Real Meaning of Progress
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
—Old Saying
The madness of the scientific brain
Begins upon the sunny side of life,
Wherein the cut of progress from its knife
Is just a shallow sacrifice for gain.
Now come advancements in technology
With promises of truth upon the air,
Whereon are fashioned theories everywhere
Explaining all the things we think and see.
The search for truth becomes the search for power
Over the hearts and minds of everyone,
A treasure always sought but never won;
Now do you see upon the fated hour
The madness of the scientific brain?
We're led to think such madness in our strife
Is just a shallow sacrifice for gain!
(To be continued...)
A/N: A Villonnet, invented by D. Allen Jenkins, combines the villanelle and the sonnet, with the four-stanza structure of the sonnet and the two-line rhyme nature of the villanelle, with the final stanza replacing the sonnet couplet with a typical villanelle tercet.
Meter: Iambic pentameter
Rhyme: A1bbA2 cddc effe A1bA2
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