Tuesday, August 25, 2015

A Villanelle

A Villanelle

I live a stranger in my life
a villanelle I cannot escape
with a parody in every line

a requiem mass I celebrate
as my annual rite of passage
I live a stranger in my life

every year I suffer a deja vu
of my posthumous life
with a parody in every line

my dreams run unabated
in my celluloid brain
I live a stranger in my life

I cannot close my eyes
and the script repeats over
with a parody in every line

but there are no shackles
and yet there is no escape
I live a stranger in my life
with a parody in every line

(30 April 2005)

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