Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 12

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Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 12

Rule-bound hemmed-in nobody’s free in this world
Everybody must live in fear of the other
The civilized way calls for control steam-rolled

All through gestation trapped in lunging pubic mould
Squeezed out mid cries of joyful gasping terror
Rule-bound hemmed-in nobody’s free in this world

Do’s and don’t’s drive us to assume face made bold
Do unto us as we unto the other
The civilized way calls for control steam-rolled

Step in then those who cannot but take firm hold
Those who must be seen as the holy do-gooder
Rule-bound hemmed-in nobody’s free in this world

As power accumulates in hands Pharoah
The few who believe in being ordained seer
The civilized way calls for control steam-rolled

The few delegate power but not their role
Use abuse their handymen drilled to order
Rule-bound hemmed-in nobody’s free in this world
The civilized way calls for control steam-rolled

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2015

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