T Wignesan Poet Dramatic Monologue

Villanelle: Hide Not Behind Caste Nor Bought Courtly Name

 Villanelle : Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name

[He who fears to affix his name to his face or words has something to hide unless the State is after him/her out of fear...]


Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name
If no tyrant nor king seeks to blunt your pen
Not even Maquisards make such a claim

Lenin Mao Gandhi fear not given name
They stand by their word in the open
Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name

Writers and poets sometimes flaunt pseudonym
Slip past the Law to fool friend behind pen
Not even Maquisards make such a claim

Some daren’t offend patrons with by-line fame
Wife child ageing mother rights will ripen
Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name

Does the user of the second name blame
Circumstances or his own fears open
Not even Maquisards make such a claim

Fear of being caught outright in this game
May make hidden causes énergumène
Hide not behind caste nor bought courtly name
Not even Maquisards make such a claim

© T. Wignesan – Paris, November 17, 2021

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