Villainous But Not Quite Villanelle

It’s been a min but
like cash money
el nada ducks

da smoke.
Ballsy sinner
don’t read

no Bible
but brung one
along more’s

for simbólico
protection
against

getting zonked
(sounds like
last Wednesday)

or at a slightly
unsightly lower
pitch what God gave

us as dose of del norte Américanitis.

Gerard Sarnat

Gerard Sarnat’s won prizes and’s a multiple Pushcart/Best of Net Award nominee. Gerry's work’s widely published including four collections plus by Brooklyn Review, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Gargoyle, New Delta Review, Buddhist Review, New York Times; Oberlin, Northwestern, Yale, Pomona, Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Brown, North Dakota, McMaster, Maine, British Columbia/ Toronto/Chicago and Virginia university presses. He’s a Harvard College/Medical School-trained physician, Stanford professor, and healthcare CEO. Currently he’s devoting energy/resources to deal with climate justice serving on Climate Action Now’s board. Gerry’s married since 1969 and’s three kids/six grandsons  — and looks forward to future granddaughters. gerardsarnat.com