Villanelle Ask Not What the Devil's the Devil

Villanelle: Ask not What the Devil’s the Devil ! Ask not What the Devil’s the Devil Back to back with the Holy Being When Good snakes what leads not to Evil God! Why can’t the doG be forged on anvil Black sparks from Whitesmiths black doG yelling Ask not What the Devil’s the Devil Einsteins Heisenbergs delved atom’s navel Yet true Truman dropped bombs without trying* When Good snakes what leads not to Evil Ask not why go(o)d GOD won’t quell Evil Nor why BAD dab at GO(o)D reigning Ask not What the Devil’s the Devil Good needs Evil much as God the Devil Watch male-fe-male in abject writhing When Good snakes what leads not to Evil Only Time makes not the picture stand still The end of Day lets drop the ceiling Ask not What the Devil’s the Devil When Good snakes what leads not to Evil * He could have dropped them on some deserted Pacific atoll first to warn the Enemy. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015