The Smoke of Their Torment
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
You can’t afford a cigarette
But need a smoke so bad
You search the ground for stubbles
You can gather in your hand
And though you now have just enough
You still can’t find a light
Oh, what a rotten way to live
When you go out its night
You know the sun is shining
But the darkness made you blind
Its not more weed but rest you need
And that’s what you can’t find!
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Written on January 20, 2016
Submitted by dawg4jesus on August 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 77 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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