Beat the bush

M.R.P 2000 (Bushbuckridge)



The bush I beat
I beat the bushes
Around them, I beat
But still not so clean

I play around the truth
I show the blind the truth
I tell the deaf the truth
Yet they can't see nor hear

Get the idea
Like a mosquito, I squash
I kid, like an immature child
In fear to show my tears
Though my feelings I kind of share
My speech deceives and not clear
As a consequence, I lose those dear

I take small doses
I just toddle
I mumble jumble
Under the influence
Of adrenalin
Of moral confusion

The bush I beat
And it hits me back
Look at my scars
My cuts in spirited salt
I beat the bush like I'm cutting onions
My lower eyelid flows like waterfall
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Written on 2018

Submitted by proxj707 on July 24, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme Abax cccx xxxxxdd beexxx Axxxxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 639
Words 134
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 7, 6, 6

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