Squashed Frog Villanelle

I hopped along the stoney road at night

And waited for my little froggie man.

The time had come to spawn. The moon was bright.

I waited in the eerie, silver light

I knew he’d come, for this was nature’s plan:

I hopped along the stoney road at night.

He climbed up on my back, I felt no fright,

He was so thin with such a tiny span:

The time had come to spawn.  The moon was bright.

Some other girls close by started to fight,

I wasted no more time, I almost ran;

I hopped along the stony road at night

And then it seemed that something wasn’t right;

My love had gone:  the shit had hit the fan.

The time had come to spawn.  The moon was bright.

He laid squashed flat beneath a bike, his plight

The same as many fellow men.  Oh damn!

I hopped along the stoney road at night.

The time had come to spawn.  The moon was bright.