Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 9

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 9 Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail Would that faithful followers step in between Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail Whose advice the Essene monk took in travail Whose voice the Consul heard to nail the Essene Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail How easy the truth in search of the Holy Grail Whispered under the pipal tree’s leafy sheen Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail The elephant flaps its ears trumpeting flail The charge comes to a halt before enemy mean Turn the cheek kneel while kith and kin wail The Yin yearns to hook the Yang without whom frail Engage not the enemy when out to bait lean Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail Risk not the lot of what virtues earn entail On the chance encounter demolishing Yin Turn the other cheek kneel while kith and kin wail Resort to arms in months when Yin blazes trail © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

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