Doppelgänger

[George K]

[Aqua Letifer]

A lot of writers used such constructions back in the day. This one is extra successful because hell, even the mirrored lineation tells the story.

But you're talking about poetry, George, so I'm going to take this opportunity to be annoying.

Compare that poem, which no one today would read, to this, from a "poet" so popular her stuff is actually on the front shelf at B&N:

So...

[Mik]

that ain't poetry, much less art

[Doctor Phibes]

I wish the limerick was more appreciated by all the snooty folks.

A mosquito cried out in pain:
"A chemist has poisoned my brain!"
The cause of his sorrow
was para-dichloro-
diphenyl-trichloroethane.

Or one of my favourites...

There was a young man from Savannah
Who died in a curious manner:
He whittled a hole
In a telephone pole
And electrified his banana.