Who Spilled the Salt?
A Villanelle by Isabella Gardner
They both spilled the salt. No doubt about that.
No accident ... it was collusion.
It looked crystal clear from where I sat.
No accident ... it was collusion.
It looked crystal clear from where I sat.
Though I couldn’t quite see around Sister Anne’s hat
and there might have been some collision,
they both spilled the salt. No doubt about that.
and there might have been some collision,
they both spilled the salt. No doubt about that.
They did it together, tit for tat
though it might have been an illusion
it looked crystal clear from where I sat
though it might have been an illusion
it looked crystal clear from where I sat
and nobody seemed to smell a rat
so it surely was not a delusion?
They both spilled the salt? No doubt about that
so it surely was not a delusion?
They both spilled the salt? No doubt about that
as nobody thought to send for the cat.
Though there might have been some occlusion
it looked crystal clear from where I sat.
Though there might have been some occlusion
it looked crystal clear from where I sat.
And so though it sounds a little too pat
I shall have to repeat in conclusion . . .
It looked crystal clear from where I sat.
They both spilled the salt. No doubt about that?
I shall have to repeat in conclusion . . .
It looked crystal clear from where I sat.
They both spilled the salt. No doubt about that?