(I hope that will shorten the lines a bit.)
MEMO FROM THE SENIOR PARTNERS
Don't let them notice that they're on their knees.
Give them things that they think they want right now;
We'll bring them to our service by degrees.
Convince them--you know how, you've expertise--
They've made no promise they should disavow.
Don't let them notice that they're on their knees.
Persuade them they should rest and take their ease--
The P.T.B. would surely that allow?
We'll bring them to our service by degrees.
Their fantasies you'll have to quickly seize;
Bedazzle them with myst'ries--all theirs, now.
Don't let them notice that they're on their knees.
Small things may charm them, though they feel unease.
Strength, knowledge, magic...they will not ask "How?"
We'll bring them to our service by degrees.
Pledge anything you wish; make guarantees.
This Hell-spawned law firm's owned by heroes now.
Don't let them notice that they're on their knees;
We'll bring them to our service by degrees.
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This is a completely neutral question: do you write non-Angel poetry? You know, er, stuff that isn't about a specific TV show or book?
Hmmm. Must be a regional pronunciation. I've never heard "mystery" or its plural spoken with anything but two syllables, like this: MISS-tree.
I'll re-work the meter, though. Thanks for telling me.
This is a completely neutral question: do you write non-Angel poetry? You know, er, stuff that isn't about a specific TV show or book?
Yes, I do, but people seem to prefer fanfic stuff online.
Put me in the camp of people who prefer non-fanfic stuff, as long as it isn't a concentration camp. :-D
Anyway, this is fantastic. The repitition drives home the message that the Senior Partners have something planned, but it never shows more than it has to, never reveals anything (which is exactly what the Senior Partners would do).
And isn't villanelle such an appropriate thing to call it?