Challenge #2--The Paradelle

Instead of a story, this time we will write the terrible paradelle, a poetic form created by former U.S. poet laureate, Billy Collins, as a parody on tight and restrictive forms such as the vilanelle. Although designed by Collins for the sake of poking fun at sonnets and the like, the paradelle has apparently taken on a life of its own and is now being written by numerous poets who seem to enjoy posting their (sometimes absurd and awful) efforts on the internet. For an example of the paradelle, see Collins' own "Paradelle for Susan" in his recent book, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New & Selected Poems (New York: Random House, 2001); the poem is also easily found online through Google.

The paradelle's form is as follows:
Four six-line stanzas: the first three follow the same pattern; the final stanza is slightly different
Stanzas 1-3: lines 1 & 2, 3 & 4 are identical; lines 5 & 6 use all the words from the previous four lines (and only those words)
Stanza 4: A six-line stanza which must use all of the words from the preceeding stanzas, and only those words. The lines do not have to repeat themselves.

For the sake of this exercise, I have taken the liberty of adding two extra rules. The intention here is not to thwart writerly progress but is to encourage frivolity! The additional rules are as follows:
1. Some aspect of the paradelle must contain the theme of music.
2. The paradelle which contains any of the following vocabulary words will be more highly regarded: perspicuous, procrustean, humbug, pleonastic, inapposite, impel, and bullshit.

I hope you enjoy adding your paradelle to the myriad attempts already floating out in cyberspace. And best of luck, especially to Spenser!
Shan