Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 10

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Villanelle:: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 10 Wild elephants rage through lush reveries teem Prides of hungry lions stalk the stray by night The herd posts no sentinel – confident team The mightiest nations victims of own dream The herd instinct subject to divisive right Wild elephants rage through lush reveries teem No rogue elephant stands to gain from team If the path it rages through grows yet upright The herd posts no sentinel – confident team Tusks trunks impenetrable mail-chain skin seem Like all the darkest ages stand stoic might Wild elephants rage through lush reveries teem Small people raise great empires sans esteem All on rapacious claws high swooping delight The herd posts no sentinel – confident team Do elephants trample the pelandok* dream To sing the praises of their founders by right Wild elephants rage through lush reveries teem The herd posts no sentinel – confident team * pelandok: Malay for “mouse deer” © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

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