Analysis of Increasing Handicap



It seems they are increasing
People who limp
Use canes
Lean sadly into a walker.
Shuffle irregularly
With one game leg.
Are developing skin
Cancers from outside.
Eagerly picking up
Discarded cigarettes.

Leaning over to look
Inconspicuously
Into garbage bins.
Unshaven men.
Frowning and unkempt.
Women with too many
Fading tattoos.
Crying over-heated little kids.

In a recent holiday drive
All of these items
Were shockingly apparent.
What is happening?
So much big money floating
Around to purchase swanky condos
Spiff up main streets
With sidewalk terraces.

Now our middle size Twin Cities
Will be sporting a
High Rise of 42 floors.
Council passed the measure and
Legalities.
Rubbing hands together
For expected new tax revenues.
Toronto glut and commotion
Spilling over. Heritage eroding.

Disparity?
Youbetchya.
Bitterness and quandary.

People hot and tired
Wait longer for
Bus connections.
Panic because public toilets
Are not there.
Get told by cops to
“Move along.”


Scheme AXXBCXXXXX XCXXXCDX XXXAAXXX EXXXEBDXA CXC XXXXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (29%)
Metre 1111010 1011 11 11001010 1001000 1111 101001 10111 100101 01001 101011 1 01101 0101 10001 101110 1001 101010101 0010101 11110 0100010 11100 1111010 011101010 1111 11100 110101110 11100 1111 1010100 0100 101010 10101110 01010010 1010100010 0100 1 1000100 101010 1101 1010 10011010 111 11111 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 985
Words 184
Sentences 24
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 10, 8, 8, 9, 3, 7
Lines Amount 45
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on June 07, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on June 07, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on June 07, 2023

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Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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