Villanelle: Lodged In Our Cockles Aladdin Lamps Hum

Villanelle : Lodged in our cockles Aladdin lamps hum Lodged in our cockles Aladdin lamps hum Always to heart stings awakened to soothe That in lost coves and caves melodious strum When in dark lonesome nights owl hoots knock glum None to hear silent sobs shut in tight booth Lodged in our cockles Aladdin lamps hum Some bounceable dame caught in a doldrum Each secret finger on the Djinn’s sharp tooth That in lost coves and caves melodious strum Some invoke the lordly prince staid and glum And make him slave to every wish in truth Lodged in our cockles Aladdin lamps hum If this right to steal some solace and plum Were this not a gift from high above a truth That in lost coves and caves melodious strum How right we then all the fanfare and drum For those few well-bred and armed to the tooth Lodged in our cockles Aladdin lamps hum That in lost coves and caves melodious strum © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013