Villanelle:The Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 2

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Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2 Villanelle: The dilemma of the non-violent – 2 The formal war according to ancient rules The pitted hosts convened on common ground Till the last man drops or takes to his heels Pandavas* Kauravas* on Kurukshetra fields Victim serfs spiral eddy underground The formal war according to ancient rules Ceasar’s murder avenged on Philippi hills Who but Anthony would wear Brutus’ crown Till the last man drops or takes to his heels Would Krishna’s advice suit glorious fools Where would todays’s Police victims lone stand The formal war according to ancient rules Raison d’Etat sprouts spikes on Police bulls Would Matador face dead toro rule-bound Till the last man drops or takes to his heels When cowards anonymous cloak their jowls Under Ku Klux Klan racist Police command The formal war according to ancient rules Till the last man drops or takes to his heels °Pandavas and Kauravas: opposing forces in the Hindu epic Mahabharatha (Great War), related by blood and fighting for the anomaly of succession to the same throne. The Bhagavad Gita (Song of God) is part of this epic poem, the longest to date. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

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