Villanelle: If You Scoff At the World We Live In
Villanelle : If you scoff at the world we live in
If you scoff at the world we live in
You’ll slip and fall and break your neck
Better bury your bones in between
Seek not our galaxy to win
For myriads luminous beck
If you scoff at the world we live in
Each in his solipsistic bin
Twists and turns and rots without break
Better bury your bones in between
What life there is has locked us within
With no way out but by mistake
If you scoff at the world we live in
Even safe eutopias spin
On their dreamers’ axes breakneck
Better bury your bones in between
Ask not if life’s but wanton sin
The moon also rises by daybreak
If you scoff at the world we live in
Better bury your bones in between
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2013
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