Eye to Eye

A villanelle

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You and me don’t see eye to eye
But you’re over here talking to me instead
When your beef is with some other guy.

He is a jerk, that’s not a lie,
And he makes you crazy in the head,
But you and me don’t see eye to eye.

Take it up with him!  I’m asking why
You’re whining at me, I'm not in his stead.
Your beef is with some other guy.

Why treat me like I’m your ally?
We aren’t friends, never broken bread.
You and me don’t see eye to eye.

It ain’t all right for you to try 
To drag me in; you made your bed.
Your beef is with some other guy.

So go away, go home and cry,
Or take it out on this guy you dread.
You and me don’t see eye to eye,
And your beef is with some other guy.

2/1/2026