A Kyrielle

[just mercedes]

I like this Billy - you've followed the form with precision, so your poem flows easily. There's such a sad tone to the refrain line, for me - as if the Narrator doesn't quite trust his own eyes, or his thoughts. I like the details, the appearance of both bear and flea and the out-of-world feeling that allows the bear to talk and the flea to laugh. I love the word 'panache'. You've executed the form 'with panache'.