Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 36
Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 36
Blame not the man whose mind is not his own
From birth to death he’ll do what he’s told
Must he not those who’re not his kind disown
Does the killer kill what to him is unknown
When does he decide when When he makes bold
Blame not the man whose mind is not his own
Do those who are killed kill in the Unknown
Killer who killed Who cast him in mind mould
Must he not those who’re not his kind disown
Who does the killer kill if not his own
Who’s the real killer Can it be told
Blame not the man whose mind is not his own
The mind that’s massaged from birth makes no moan
Neither those who kill by proxy for gold
Must he not those who’re not his kind disown
When each god must swallow words not his own
How might those bred into belief take hold
Blame not the man whose mind is not his own
Must he not those who’re not his kind disown
© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015
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