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Eviction: a villanelle

by  DJC

Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2006
Word Count: 168
Summary: The final draft.
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Eviction: a villanelle

They’ll drag us from our house today
me and the kids, put shutters on our door;
but part of me still living wants to stay.

Because there are some problems round our way
and Stevie and the lads doss on the floor,
they’ll drag us from our house today.

It hurts me when I’m called an easy lay
and kiddies laugh and shout 'your mum’s a whore',
but part of me still living wants to stay.

You see I have a hundred bills to pay
and nippers as they grow want more and more.
They’ll drag us from our house today.

If only for an hour I had my say
I’d say we’re not all bad, not to the core.
That part of me still living wants to stay.

I haven’t seen the boys at all today:
I’m not surprised, they must know what’s in store.
They’ll drag us from our house today –
but part of me still living wants to stay.

January 2006