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Villanelle: the Dilemma of the Non-Violent - 58

Villanelle: The Dilemma of the Non-Violent – 58 No way must such protective force serve politics Nor ally dictator army criminal police None might weigh on Nature to impose its ethics No exceptions tolerate no geopolitics No super power excuse to fiddle with peace No way must such protective force serve politics No edifice stands aloft loose in building bricks No Zapata fights for latifundio prize fees None might weigh on Nature to impose its ethics Dare not wanton call Nature’s course fiddlesticks Even if life you lay down for cause in sacrifice No way must such protective force serve politics Can one forfeit life placate people’s economics Mahatma Gandhi saw life’s work torn piece by piece None might weigh on Nature to impose its ethics Only the chieftain who bears with peoples’ conflicts Can lead them along the road to Nature’s hospice No way must such protective force serve politics None might weigh on Nature to impose its ethics © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2015

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