Villanelle: Teach Not a Dog How Not To Bark
Villanelle : Teach not a dog how not to bark
(This dog the mawkish villanelle baulks)
Teach not a dog how not to bark
Dogs bark for a lark in the dark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark
Do dogs bark to ape human talk
Or wake Masters to take side-walk
Teach not a dog how not to bark
Each dog howls up some Jack’s Bean Stalk
For the wolf in the dog must stalk
When Masters mawkish dreams embark
Do dogs bark to make the dingo baulk
At some sick Master’s leash-end talk
Teach not a dog how not to bark
Each dog lifts its leg at some bark
Don’t preachers too leak after dark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark
Every dog knows it must bark
Every dog knows its own bark
Teach not a dog how not to bark
When Masters mawkish dreams embark
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2015
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