Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 32

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 32 Ask them who brought this World to the brink of doom Why what they say now they didn’t at COP1 Ask them if they can really reverse tides that loom Ask them why on elections’ eve they turn new broom Do leaders come of age at fresh twenty-one Ask them who brought this World to the brink of doom Ask them why farewell speeches seem studied gloom Who put in relief the joke on succession Ask them if they can really reverse tides that loom Ask them why campaign speeches bloom way from home What if the next leader’s gun-oil Republican Ask them who brought this World to the brink of doom Then ask yourself why some need others to groom Need other leaders to prove they are Number One Ask them if they can really reverse tides that loom Ask them clean energy spells doom for whom Who stands to gain what greenhouse gases consume Ask them who brought this World to the brink of doom Ask them if they can really reverse tides that loom © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015