I think your instincts are right on. Our next move is to create a graphical wrapper -- as well as some sort of "library" to hold your merges, and let you experiment with additional merges. Also -- do try Eliot's Wasteland - a fairly short poem, but where we get the phrase "April is the cruelest month" -- enjoy! https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land
April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.