1613: Villanele for D.G.B. | Marilyn Hacker

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"Villanelle for D.G.B

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[versipellis]

I always like villaneles for the mathematical structure of them. And on rereading this, I sort of really like what it seems to be saying.

and every day our bodies separate

us farther from our planned, deliberate
ironic lives.

seems very much like how physicality affects us in general!