The Children Follow

The children follow like sheep.

Their faithful trust is easy to win;

the ageless monster can’t help but grin.

To lure them to him without even a fight,

an ice-cream truck covered in images bright!

A promise of tasty treats dispels their fright;

his magic works before he’s even in sight.

When sweet music, he plays from within,

(no longer pan-pipes, as in Hamlin)

the children follow like sheep.

(c) 2017 - dustygrein

** Note.: The symmetrelle is a neoclassic form that can be somewhat vexing to write. Syllabic as opposed to metered, it uses just three rhymes, a (7,9,9,11,11,11,11,9,9,7) syllable-count pattern, and the first line is refrained as the last one. This makes it difficult to find the rhythm for - just the kind of challenge I like to give myself. This was a lot of fun.