[ID: a poem written in the cells of a microsoft excel spreadsheet. It is written all in the ‘A’ column. Transcriber’s note: the number written in front of the line refers to the row the line is in. Skipped numbers indicate spaces between lines. Transcript: 1. I thought today about a villanelle. 2. I had an inspiration there and then. 3. I wrote this in a spreadsheet in Excel. 5. It’s hard to keep the poems rigid shell. 6. On track inside my mind, so when. 7. I thought today about a villanelle. 9. I thought about refrains re-rung like bells. 10/. And how simple it might be to begin; 11. I wrote this in a spreadsheet in Excel. 13. The line below these two, I brag to tell. 14. Is simply coded as =A1. 15. I thought today about a villanelle. 17. And this stanza’s refrain, I needn’t spell. 18. It out; it equals A3 and is done! 19. I wrote this in a spreadsheet in Excel. 21. I planned to use this better, really sell. 22. The bit; but flew too closely to the sun. 23. I thought today about a villanelle. 24. I wrote this in a spreadsheet in Excel. /end transcript. The sheet is labelled “Sheet Two Villanelle.” /end ID]
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