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POETRY
A villanelle for the returning conversation
the conversation always comes back around to this
the topic’s never fully dropped
revolving words return to kiss
life carries on past the tryst
yet with unspoken lingering thoughts
the conversation always comes back to this
no matter what else lurks, with a hiss
to bite at the ankles of memory, distraught,
some words revolve with a returning kiss
after so many permutations, dismissed
and shelved, considered nought
the conversation always comes down to this
as if we feel it would be remiss
to leave the subject unsought
the words return and smack their lips
without meaning to reminisce
and without forethought
the conversation always comes back around to this
revolving words return, unwanted, to kiss
Thanks for reading! Just two more villanelles and my series is done, the inspiration having run its course. . . . .
