Isadora Duncan [villanelle]

Isadora Duncan will be gracing a stamp
the US Postal Service plans to print
it's been 100 years since her lighting the lamp

the night air is cool & the morning grass damp
while the sky shows no sign of a blimp
Isadora Duncan will be gracing a stamp

in a fashion pavilion a model walks the ramp
to the bough of a tree clings a chimp
it's been 100 years since her lighting the lamp

"time's race is incessant!" one hears on the amp
do turtles zoom while the hares limp?
Isadora Duncan will be gracing a stamp

those who travel much must often break camp
fifes follows the beat of the timp
it's been 100 years since her lighting the lamp

the tale's mostly unknown (I've only seen a samp)
it was illustrated by Gustav Klimt
Isadora Duncan will be gracing a stamp
it's been 100 years since her lighting the lamp