imagine the ending of The Neverending Story
if Bastian scoffed at the child-like empress and all that was left of her world
turned on his heel
and took back her new name as he left
and blamed her for letting him down
and
weeks later
called her up and wanted her to reassure him that everything was going to be okay
for him
the gmork is never once mentioned
eventually
she makes her own wish
A Villanelle of Ducks by despitewaking, literature
Literature
A Villanelle of Ducks
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row
or confined to a linear spectrum.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
and you find them diving with sea horses
or waddling whichever direction.
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row
or a column, grid, or cubicle, so
what an absurdity to collect 'em.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
when their quacking drowns out that inner voice
makes me wish that you wouldn't upset 'em.
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row-
what an ecology that would be though-
bristling with military decorum.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
as if it's unnatural to suppose
that the better of power is freedom.
Perhaps my ducks don't belo
Let me keep an open mind;
Let me stay in tune with my body;
Let me live bright, happy, and kind.
Let me realize my purpose in life, my place in this world,
and a growing positive change in myself and all around me.
Let me look, listen, and live in wonder.
Let me dance and sing,
sleep and dream,
balance and breathe.
So be it
imagine the ending of The Neverending Story
if Bastian scoffed at the child-like empress and all that was left of her world
turned on his heel
and took back her new name as he left
and blamed her for letting him down
and
weeks later
called her up and wanted her to reassure him that everything was going to be okay
for him
the gmork is never once mentioned
eventually
she makes her own wish
A Villanelle of Ducks by despitewaking, literature
Literature
A Villanelle of Ducks
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row
or confined to a linear spectrum.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
and you find them diving with sea horses
or waddling whichever direction.
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row
or a column, grid, or cubicle, so
what an absurdity to collect 'em.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
when their quacking drowns out that inner voice
makes me wish that you wouldn't upset 'em.
Perhaps my ducks don't belong in a row-
what an ecology that would be though-
bristling with military decorum.
A momentary lapse in equipoise
as if it's unnatural to suppose
that the better of power is freedom.
Perhaps my ducks don't belo
Let me keep an open mind;
Let me stay in tune with my body;
Let me live bright, happy, and kind.
Let me realize my purpose in life, my place in this world,
and a growing positive change in myself and all around me.
Let me look, listen, and live in wonder.
Let me dance and sing,
sleep and dream,
balance and breathe.
So be it
I looked to the night sky for answers,
and found Ursa Major, my celestial question mark.
How far adrift I have come from the old ones;
how different the trance.
We are irreconcilable.
What did they know of punctuation,
and what do I know of bears?