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 30th January 2018
