A Villanelle

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Come catch me then, Orion, if you can

We’ve played this game before.  I play to win

I am the moon and you are just a man

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The same old same old game since time began

We’ve started, so we’ll finish.  Let’s begin

Come catch me then, Orion, if you can

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Some lesser constellations also ran

I left them all stood standing in a spin

I am the moon and you are just a man

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A man of stars, a huntsman, fiercer than

The lot of them, with finer light within

Come catch me then, Orion, if you can

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Come chase me cross the spaces in the span

Before the night grows old and darkness thin

I am the moon and you are just a man

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All stars must fall according to the plan

Before the morning I will have you sin

Come catch me then, Orion, if you can

I am the moon and you are just a man

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© Gail Foster 30^th January 2018