Rondel

by Ann Drysdale

(Master Villon paraphrases the Duke of Orleans)
Now sling your hook and bugger off
Remorse, regret, repentance, rue
I’ve had it with the lot of you,
You’ve fucked things up for long enough
Pissed on my chips and ruined stuff.
As of today I’ll start anew.
Now sling your hook and bugger off
Remorse, regret, repentance, rue
If you come back I might get rough
With all your lily-livered crew
And kick your arses black and blue
And if you whinge and whimper—tough!
Now sling your hook and bugger off.
Much of Ann Drysdale’s writing can be obtained by contacting the author via http://www.poetrypf.co.uk/anndrysdalepage.html.