Monday, June 18, 2012

War Zone (villanelle)

"Don't plant a garden without light"
She said. "For, we all know that
without it, there could be a fight

between the tulips and the daisies in flight.
And the technicolor bugs that accompany it
won't hold back their might

of dissonance and discord like white
paint splattering the black canvas in combat
with the cover of the night.

Soon the tulips will align with the hydrangeas with spite
for the daisies, who attack
alongside the sunflowers' height.

And together they tumble through clouds in plight,
screeching for they soldiers lost to the slab
of cement, wishing there was some red knight

that would save them and rewite
their allergies to bone fat.
She said, "Don't plant a garden without light,
without it, there will be a fight."

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