WWW.tf
Christopher J. Alexander 1987 (MilkyWay)
February 23Life in the Wild Wild West.
Toiling away on the hamster wheel by day,
Navigating the traps of ViceCity by night,
Turn left there is a badman,
Turn right there is Babylon,
Don’t look back or you’ll turn to salt,
Stopping is the same as flatlining,
Onward and upward we must press on forward.
Sun-up some get up,
Sun-down some get down,
Naturally we animals find a way to socialise,
Whether we rise to the occasion,
Or fall to the deception,
Is all really well in anything goes land?
Unheard opinions,
Ignored cries,
Unanswered questions,
A forgotten people,
Ignorant to the truth,
Quick to swallow well-packaged “alternative facts”.
Hear our cry of help,
NO…
Listen to our symphony of freedom!
~
ChrisT4
About this poem
I wrote this poem the year before "lockdown" observing humans losing their marbles and seeing the political hyenas preying on the herd of unsuspecting sheeple. When the gates were opened, something was wrong with the "new normal", and the words of this poem seem more fitting now for the times in which we live. Can you relate; what is life like in your part of the world?
Written on May 05, 2019
Submitted by ChrisT4 on February 04, 2023
Modified on March 29, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X XX AXXXX XXBAAX BBBXXB XXX X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 719 |
Words | 151 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 5, 6, 6, 3, 2 |
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