Villanelle 20 – Love and Glory in the Quarry

I need to write another story,
With a smoother and a kinder end,
A tale that carries love and glory.

No blood or grief or scenes of gory—
But hope that I can gladly send.
I need to write another story.

Within it lives a girl named Lori,
And one strong heart on whom she’ll depend,
A tale that carries love and glory.

The man who loves her drives a lorry;
Through dust and stone his paths will bend.
I need to write another story.

Their meeting waits within a quarry,
A place few souls would recommend,
A tale that carries love and glory.

When danger comes for gentle Lori,
He breaks the rules her life to defend.
I need to write another story,
A tale that carries love and glory.

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