• “Hopefully you will not forget” A Villanelle.

    Hopefully you will not forget,

    In the city, the place to be,

    You still owe an outstanding debt.

    Do not regret,

    For you have somewhere to go, someone to see.

    Hopefully you will not forget,

    Your life is a silhouette,

    No matter how much you disagree,

    You still owe an outstanding debt.

    Do not light a cigarette,

    Do not lose yourself in the bourgeoisie.

    Hopefully you will not forget,

    Even under a threat.

    Do not forget the jubilee,

    You still owe an outstanding debt.

    If you begin to get upset,

    Be firm like the alder tree.

    Hopefully you will not forget,

    You still owe an outstanding debt.