Risk Mismanagement

Awesome explosions and burning are great!
Let’s light the fireworks devil-may-care.
Safety is second and so we tempt fate.

Rockets and cherry bombs are on the slate;
there by the children we burn a red flare.
Awesome explosions and burning are great!

Every July fourth we circle the date;
we arrange our fireworks everywhere.
Safety is second and so we tempt fate.

So many people with bated breath wait;
sweet is the sulfur that wafts through the air.
Awesome explosions and burning are great!

Over-concern is gratuitous trait;
hiding from truth will allow us to dare.
Safety is second and so we tempt fate.

Someone lost touch by the side of the gate;
O but the loss of three fingers is rare.
Awesome explosions and burning are great!
Safety is second and so we tempt fate.


Villanelle (19 Lines)
Writer’s Cramp
July 6, 2013