It is not given to everyone to be able to choose, and should one choose at will or at random, the choice will always lead to disaster, but somehow some do choose and get it all right or nearly all right. (See next poem.)

Villanelle : Who has it the way he or she wants it

for Stephen Hawking, ŕ dieu !

Who has it the way he or she wants it
Unless the World's mistaken : not e'en Trump
Maybe Dalai Lama's got the secret

Pats Amanpour on the cheek and lumps it
But Net-Any-Ahoos ride high during slump
Who has it the way he or she wants it

E'en Brits have hard time trying to Brexit
With Putin vying with Xi to dump Trump
Maybe Dalai Lama's got the secret

E'en the hard-sweating man seldom makes it
Try as he might someone grips on to rump
Who has it the way he or she wants it

ANZAC NATO and what you may call it
All contrive to keep small nations in dump
Maybe Dalai Lama's got the secret

Out of the Black Hole alas Hawking made it
Now all we've got : World according to Grump
Who has it the way he or she wants it
Maybe Dalai Lama's got the secret

© T. Wignesan - Paris, 2018