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Stakeout (villanelle form)
I don't wish to worry you, nor make a great fuss,
cameras abound; look up on the corner and down the street;
but who's watching the watchers as they be watching us?
even from on high they be looking down upon us,
watching us carefully as we put down our feet;
I don't wish to worry you, nor make a great fuss.
they can track us in our cars as we hurry and rush,
taking pictures galore so everything's so neat;
but who's watching the watchers as they be watching us?
cameras can't lie and so 'twas ever thus,
you were duly spotted, then logged on a sheet;
I don't wish to worry you, nor make a great fuss.
it matters not a jot you can mutter and cuss,
they'll make it all nice and so very neat;
but who's watching the watchers as they be watching us?
it's a matter of concern, even of mistrust,
heaven knows it is hardly a treat.
I don't wish to worry you, nor make a great fuss,
but who's watching the watchers as they be watching us?
[I can't believe it's taken 6 months to sort this out !]
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