(Villanelle)
When is it time to go?
My bags are packed and waiting.
What makes it so slow?
We will follow the river’s flow.
A long hard journey we’ll be making.
When is it time to go?
Past the cornfields and scarecrow.
When will we be braking?
What makes it so slow?
A marvelous trip far away from snow.
If we could be leaving.
When is it time to go?
You take so long to go down the road.
I am about to start shaking.
What makes it so slow?
When will you get here with your bow?
You are too late for my liking.
When is it time to go?
What makes it so slow?
-- Leia Hardyman