the villanelle is an addictive form

to deal with all that comes in fear or fright
we seek the light that heats us with its blaze
and keeps at bay the powers of the night

we stand together claiming it is right
to change the truth into a mere pat phrase
to deal with all that comes in fear or fright

our grasp on what makes all things real is slight
if simple light our dullest sense amaze
and keeps at bay the powers of the night

the evils that were done we will requite
when nature and the gods bring better days
to deal with all that comes in fear or fright

this is our hope it also is our plight
as actors in these long and boring plays
to deal with all that comes in fear or fright
and keeps at bay the powers of the night