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Thanks, But No Thanks

from A Grand Adventure by Chris Harris

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Another challenge I set myself each year is to write a villanelle—a nineteen-line poem with a ridiculously specific structure and rhyming scheme—and then set it to music.

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The siren weakly calls
to every devotee
With no appeal at all

How can I forestall
becoming its draftee?
The siren weakly calls

Refuse to take the fall
The promised gift is free
With no appeal at all

I'll keep my spinning ball
Upgrades are not for me
The siren weakly calls

You would be appalled
The dangers I foresee
With no appeal at all

You can now install
Windows 11 on this PC
The siren weakly calls
With no appeal at all

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from A Grand Adventure, released August 3, 2023

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Chris Harris Bristol, UK

I'm still trying to get the music I record to sound like the version I can hear in my head. To do this I've ended up playing every instrument I can get my hands on. These days, I'm closer to "That Sound" than I used to be, but the journey continues.

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