The Actress
\nby cricketjeff on November 10, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nAlthough I know her promises are lies,
\nApologies intended to assuage,
\nI live for every moment in her eyes;<\/p>\n
She lives on all the compliments each buys,
\nAnd I am pleased to offer her this wage,
\nAlthough I know her promises are lies.<\/p>\n
She kisses me and expectation flies,
\nWhile she could never thrive inside my cage,
\nI live for every moment in her eyes.<\/p>\n
I couldn’t live beside an angel’s sighs
\nSo I believe her words upon the page;
\nAlthough I know her promises are lies.<\/p>\n
The consummate professional she tries
\nTo be the only actress on the stage
\nI live for every moment in her eyes.<\/p>\n
A happy fool who gets to keep the prize,
\nThe only one who’ll get to see her age,
\nAlthough I know her promises are lies
\nI live for every moment in her eyes.<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nDamn but villanelles are hard! I know what it was like in my head, but it
\nhasn’t come out quite that way, too stuttering, but I’ll work at it
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