Clichés

Here's something that's not very good, but it was worth working on. It's a villanelle, which is a very strict form involving a lot of repetition and rhyming words. I listened to a podcast which in passing mentioned phrases they hated, just trite hackneyed things people say to fill up time and space. 


So I made a list of ones I could think of for myself as well as ones I researched online. I used that master list to pull phrases from, and this is how things ended up.

At the End of the Day

Matt Quarterman

Long story short, the difference is the same.
No offense, let’s not and say we did.
It is what it is at the end of the day.


When chips are down we put the ball in play:
For all intents and purposes it’s my bad.
Long story short, the difference is the same.


It’s sick and wrong but still too soon to say
So girlfriend, no offense, talk to the hand.
It is what it is at the end of the day.


But here’s the thing - we do what it takes
So one thing leads to another, it’s said.
Long story short, the difference is the same.


Good times, good times, when all’s done and said.
But bottom line, with all due respect,
It is what it is at the end of the day.


All things considered, there’s nothing to say.
You know what I mean. You catch my drift.
Long story short, the difference is the same.
It is what it is at the end of the day.