James Edward Lee Sr. Poet Villanelle

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Tristan's Torment - the Villanelle of the Butterfly

Tristan's Torment - The Villanelle Of The Butterfly

Tristan couldn't stop thinking about the butterfly
It was just so thin and daring
Never had he known anything so dry

It's morning, Tristan encountered a butterfly so wry
He found himself feeling rather overbearing
Tristan couldn't stop thinking about the butterfly

Later, Tristan was spooked by an eye
He tried to focus on a meringue
Never had he known anything so dry

Charlotte tried to distract him with a fly
Said his mind had become too wearing
Tristan couldn't stop thinking about the butterfly

Tristan decided to do something high
The butterfly was like a toxic childbearing spider
Never had he known anything so spry

Tristan nosedived like an intense oh, my
His mind became dangerously raring, 
Tristan couldn't stop thinking about the butterfly
Never had he known anything so dry

4/20/19
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©

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