A Villanelle for Mother's Day

Music: From The Carnival of the Animals: Persons with Long Ears By Camille Saint-Saens. Sequenced by Ramon Pajares at Kunst der Fuge.

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A villanelle for Mother's Day Should take me just about an hour: Writing it is child's play. Because I know just what to say, And rhyming's quite within my power, To write it should be child's play. Yet plain speech is not my way: I look for leaves to shade my flower, This villanelle for Mother's Day. I do not wish to sound too fey, Obscure, mystic, gushy, sour-- Arggh! Writing's never child's play! Yes, childish! To my dismay, Far beyond the allotted hour, This villanelle for Mother's Day Dawdles on. Let me just say It plain: I love you, and so end our Villanelle for Mother's Day. (Well ... writing it was child's play.)