Rondeau

What to you seems reason for uncertainty

to me may seem a firmly grasped handshake.—
Goodbye, goodbye. We our departure take.

          Look, you sad skeptic, you can plainly see,
          it ain’t exactly easy shake-and-bake.

What to you seems reason for certainty
to me may seem a well-executed head-fake.

          I’m simply appealing to your charity
          in a playful spirit of give-and-take—
          when we ourselves might our quietus make...

What to others may seem reason for uncertainty
to you and me seems a dearly clasped handshake.—
Goodbye, goodbye. We our departure take.