LJ Idol Season 11: Week 20 - Boondoggle

[encrefloue]

link to the song: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Ek94BBbsutPkhh7w6

Priceless

A red giant lurks past the horizon

The red tape is all we’ve got our eyes on

The void makes all devoid;

What was, is not-won’t be.

This truth that we avoid:

expendability.

I bang the drums of the doldrums

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

I bang the drums of the doldrums
To dull all the maelstroms
I really like the wordplay of 'doldrums' and 'dull' and 'maelstroms' there.

Less lessors
And purses
Lest lessons
Reverse this
And the meaning and flow here.

We ARE priceless simply because we are unique and we exist, though everything around us may try to help us forget that.

[encrefloue]

Thank you so much! I played around with "I maul the drums..." just to have another hit of that textural play, though in the end it felt like maybe one step too far. Thanks for always looking at the word usage!