November 4, 2007

Villanelle #1

“Well said,” I say, as if you were quite right.
How mighty your mind seems at my command,
Though sometimes you look pale against the light.
 
They say to have a pallid face shows plight
in soul. Ah well, I take your sweaty hand.
“Well said,” I say, though I know I am right.
 
So dark’s a rhyme when rhymed [...]