The Shelter Stove
It came equipped with a built-in fan and overhead light
Majestic in chrome and blacked out in its mite
Chrome plated and child proofed to boot
This was no average stove
It was the kind that showed proof
They say a shelter is no place to call home
It is merely for the broken and those from shattered real homes
I scoffed in jest cause better I knew
The broken fix the broken as a cooked a fresh sauce
The Devil of life may have put us here
Rally this though God is boss
She could broil and bake and even ignite
Even sometimes a ceiling would alight
Many people took turns on her so-called knobs of shame
All colors creeds religions all fed from her stain
As I stood making sauce and cried my sorrow of a stew
God showed me the broken are more than just a few
We need not much in the actual way of life
Even if you've come in broken as a Husband or a Wife
Simplicity was the irony of the Frigidare
A Happy full Belly kept you aware
The pains of hunger far out cry the shame
So as we partake in her flames of our meal
Though we be badly broken
We found a Happy Belly safely together here
~~~Mija cooks <3
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Written on April 21, 2022
Submitted by mishelleann74 on April 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AA XXX XX BX CX AAD X BB EE CX DX XC X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,118 |
Words | 236 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
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