A/N: I was experimenting with verse form. This is a villanelle, and all the lines are eight syllables, all the second lines rhyme, and the end lines alternate. This was incredibly hard to do. Took about three hours spread over two days.
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Iron and gold, so different
Similarities still unsung
A nearly perfect complement
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The army's laws irrelevant
Who knows they are in love—no one
Iron and gold, so different
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A colonel and his lieutenant
Known each other since they were young
A nearly perfect complement
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Blue uniforms are their raiment
Kill with fire or with a gun
Iron and gold, so different
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She'd die for him in a moment
He'd do the same and be undone
A nearly perfect complement
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"Shoot me," he said, —that's what he meant
Words not meant to hurt but they stung
Iron and gold, so different—
A nearly perfect complement
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A/N: I know this is rather clumsy, but please review anyway.