zucchini Villanelle

it cannot do, this hunger I must appease
oh no, dear God, don't ask me, not that!
no more zucchini please

impossible to tolerate sweet peas
I wear clothes in a bigger format
it cannot do, this hunger I must appease

how I prefer honey made by the bees
too bad if I continue getting fat
no more zucchini please

three hundred sorts of cheese
dear God, how do I resist that!
it cannot do, this hunger I must appease

at night I'll raid the deep-freeze
looking for ice cream, stealthy as a cat
oh no! no more zucchini please

for all kinds of food I have daily frenzies
"vegetables only" is for the birds, try and beat that!
it cannot do, this hunger I must appease
yes! I shouldn't say "no more zucchini please"



zucchini Villanelle
10 april, 2006
for Sharra


Author's note:
The Villanelle is a six stanza, nineteen line rhyming poem with recurring lines, A1 and A2.
The structure is the following:
A1/B/A2 ---- A/B/A1---- A/B/A2 --- A/B/A1---A/B/A2
A/B/A1/A2